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What is the CERN-HERMES network?
Dr Evangelia Dimovasili, Technical Coordinator of CERN-HERMES.
The CERN- HERMES network was
founded from a core of CERN teams
and Hellenic Universities in June
2012. Amongst its aims is to create
links of strong cooperation in the field
of medical physics and health
technologies. The network vision is to
steer research work to innovative
directions and bridge the achievements
of science to the needs of society. In
two years the network has been
expanding in a very encouraging rate
and comprises today 25 Universities
and Research Institutions from 11
European countries. CERN-HERMES
is multidisciplinary in terms of
scientific research and areas like Novel
Imaging Detectors, Materials,
Radiation Protection and Dosimetry,
Radiation Tests and hardness of
electronics, Research on radioisotopes
for various applications, Scintillating
Detectors for HEP, Medical Imaging
have found a fertile ground for
application in the network.
The network also aims to act as a
platform for transferring new
technologies to Greece; an early
success of CERN-HERMES was the
first ever official submission of a
proposal to the Greek authorities for
the establishment of a proton beam
therapy centre at the island of Crete.
The proposal links a Centre of
Excellence for Therapy and Research
with medical tourism for which Crete
can undoubtedly be an excellent
destination. The proposal was
submitted to the authorities by the
Resources and Development Managing
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Director of the network, Mr
Alexandros Kokolakis- an elected
member of the District Council of
Crete- and was reviewed and approved
by the District Council in Spring
2013. Renowned experts on particle
therapy have expressed their support to
this project, recognizing the
importance of the centre which due to
its strategic geographical position will
open new horizons for research, attract
world-class scientists and enable the
country’s scientific potential. At the
same time, measurable payback to
society will be achieved, with the
transfer of innovation from CERN and
other partner research laboratories to
clinical practice, the creation of new
jobs and development. It is also worth
mentioning that after the submission
of this proposal, two more regions of
Greece expressed a great interest to
host the proton therapy facility in
their territory; the region of Thessaly
(centre of Greece) and the region of
East Macedonia – Thrace (North
Greece).
Moving a step forward, in September
2013, the Resources and Development
Managing Director of the network
submitted an application to the Greek
Ministry of Health for the approval of
the proton therapy practice in the
country, with the scientific support of
worldwide experts in the field of
particle beam therapy. Approval was
granted earlier this year by the experts
of the Special Committee of Ionising
and Non Ionising Radiation of the
Ministry. This is a major milestone
that was achieved and a success in the
history of medical practice for the
treatment of cancer in Greece, opening
the way to establish a proton therapy
centre in the country.
The CERN Director General Professor
Rolf Heuer has recently established a
new Office for CERN Medical
Applications, whose Head is the
former Director of Accelerators,
Professor Steve Myers. The new office
aims to bring all the diverse medical
physics activities at CERN together
under a single roof, ensuring that
efforts are optimised and will promote
networking with other laboratories
engaged in the field of medical
applications. In this line, CERNHERMES aims to contribute and
make a positive impact on the overall
effort.
Acknowledgement:
I wish to thank Professor Jean-Pierre
Gérard from the Antoine Lacassagne centre
in Nice (France), Professor Robert Miller
from Mayo Clinic (Minnesota, USA) and
Professor Roberto Orecchia from the Pavia
hadronthera-py centre (Italy) for their
scientific support to the proton therapy centre
in Crete. I also thank all the
CERN-HERMES partners and in
particular Professor John Damilakis
(University of Crete), Dr Sotirios
Harissopoulos (NCSR Demokritos),
Professor Paul Lecoq (CERN) and Dr
Marco Silari (CERN) for their continuous
support and collaboration. Last but not
least I am thankful to Mr Alexis
Kokolakis for our fruitful collaboration.
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Beatriz Sánchez E Nieto1, Gabriel
Medical Physics Master students,
Zelada 2 y Francisco Sánchez E Doblado 3 . Medical Technologists and Medical
(1)Instituto de Física, Pontificia
Physicists working in Radiation
The ISEP speakers were asked to evaluate
Therapy Departments, PhD students,
the posters. The decision was to grant the
and Radiation Protection Expert. The
first place to “Hypoxia assessment of rat
scientific quality of the meeting was
tumors via FMISO PET”, Pamela Mena
really outstanding, and the setting on
Romano, p.mena@dkfz.de1, C. Cheng (2), the PUC campus in Santiago was
C.Glowa1, P. Peschke (3), A.
wonderful. Of note, the predominance
Dimitrakopoulou E Strau (2), C. Karger (1). of young medical physicists attending
Comments of the local organizers in
the event increased the educational
evaluating the ISEP Workshop:
value of the event. A number of
The local organizers pointed out that
attendees asked for copies of the
Medical Physics in Chile is a new emerging presentations, so speakers provided PDF
discipline. As there are no many people
documents of their presentations, which
involved in the area it is not easy to
were made available to the participants.
organize events to which good
The organizers did create a “dropbox“
international speakers can come to share folder to be shared among students and
their expertise. In general it is difficult other lecturers.
(expensive) for people working in
Medical Physics Society in Chile:
medical physics in Chile to attend
At the end of the ISEP Workshop in
international conferences and even the
Santiago, Chile, there was a meeting of
access to good journals is very
the medical physicists working for the
restrictive. Therefore, initiatives like
creation of their Medical Physics
this are invaluable to bring a group of
Society (SOFIMECH). This work has
"main actors" to share with students
been going on since December 2008, by
their experience and their particular
a group of dedicated medical physicists
contribution to the field. The scientific in the country. As Chair of the AAPM
quality of the meeting was really
Latin American Affairs Subcommittee
outstanding, and the setting on the
(LAASC) we have been aware of this
Pontificia University Campus in
initiative and very supportive of their
Santiago was wonderful. Of note, the
work. It was very rewarding to see the
predominance of young medical
realization of this effort happening at
physicists attending the event, mostly
the end of this AAPM_ ISEP workshop,
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which was also sponsored by the IOMP.
Congratulations to the ISEP local
organizers for their participation in the
SOFIMECH, as listed below:
Physicists participating in the Board of
Directors of the Medical Physics Society
of Chile:
Sociedad de Fisica Medica de Chile
(SOFIMECH)
President: Ruben Yañez- Hospital
Oncológico de Valdivia
Vice-president: Beatriz SánchezPhysics Institute, Pontifícia
Universidad Católica de Chile.
Secretary: Cristián Parra. National
Institute of Cancer, Chile,
Treasurer: Marcia García. Physics
Department, Universidad de la Frontera
Vocal: José Luis Rodríguez.
Radiotherapy Department, Clínica las
Condes.
At the closing of this ISEP workshop,
the local organizers manifested their
confidence that the exchanges, which
occurred between faculty and
participants during this event, will
allow all to enrich their knowledge and
to create new links of collaboration.
And finally, a great night out, around a
nice food and a visit to the local
Astronomy Observatory was the perfect
opportunity to relax after the intensive
working days. 
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IOMP NMOs
National Member Organisations
Table of Contents
Algeria
Nepal
Argentina
Netherlands
Australia & New Zealand
New Zealand
Austria
Nigeria
Bangladesh
Norway
Belgium
Pakistan
Brazil
Panama
Bulgaria
Peoples Rep. of China
Cameroon
Peru
1.
Message from the Editor
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Canada
Philippines
2.
President’s Message
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Chile
Poland
3.
IOMP Female in Medical Physics Group
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Colombia
Portugal
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Croatia
Qatar
Cuba
Rep. of China - Taiwan
Cyprus
Rep. of Macedonia
Czech Republic
Rep. of Moldova
Denmark
Romania
4.
From Secretary General desk
5.
AFROG VII – Conference of the African Radiation
Oncology Group
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From the Awards and Honours Committee
7.
The top 3 reasons why we should celebrate the
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Ecuador
Russia
International Day of Medical Physics this year
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Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Professional Relations Committee Report
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Estonia
Singapore
Slovenia
9.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2014 - 2015
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Finland
10.
Recent Activities of EFOMP
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France
South Africa
11.
8th European Conference of Medical Physics
Georgia
Spain
Germany
Sri Lanka
Ghana
Sudan
(ECMP 2014), 11-13 September 2014
Athens, Greece, Europe
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Greece
Sweden
12.
Medical Physics International
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Hong Kong
Switzerland
13.
AFOMP Activity in the Last Six Months
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Hungary
Tanzania
India
Thailand
Indonesia
Trinidad & Tobago
Iran
Turkey
Iraq
Uganda
Ireland
Ukraine
Israel
United Arab Emirates
Italy
United Kingdom
Japan
United States
Jordan
Venezuela
Korea
Vietnam
Lebanon
Zambia
Lithuania
Zimbabwe
14.
FAMPO Second General Assembly in Accra, Ghana –
a Short Report
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16.
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DONATION OF USED EQUIPMENT –
PRC REPORT FOR Jan-Jun 2014
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Another Successful Event for the Radiation
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Protection Society
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19.
MEFOMP Activities during the last 6 months
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Workshop on the Physics of Advanced Radiotherapy
Techniques: The Role of Medical Images
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What is the CERN-HERMES network?
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Malaysia
Mexico
NMO status being reviewed
Mongolia
Morocco
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Message from the Editor
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Virginia Tsapaki, Chair Editor eMPW
Editorial Board
eMPW were distributed to show the work
of IOMP to radiologists, medical physicists and other professions during the
conference. Leafltes on various activities of
IOMP were also distributed all through
the conference. eMPW was also present in
the Internaitonal Conferece of Radiation
Protection held in Varna in the end of
May. Similar activities are being planned
for the Annual meeting of AAPM in
Austin, USA this month.
We must not forget that IOMP is not only
its officers or ExCom members but is also
its regional and national member organizations. A number of regional organizations
Dear friends and colleagues,
such as EFOMP, AFOMP, MEFOMP and
FAMPO report on their latest activities in
Welcome to the July edition of the eMPW this issue. Most of you know the CERN
Newsletter. The editorial board has once
but how nay of you know what is the
more tried its best to gather for you a wide CERN-HERMES network? Learn all
range of fascinating publications. This is
about this network in this issue of eMPW!
the second year of International Day of
Do not forget that we value your feedback
Medical Physics (IDMP). Our front page
so please do not hesitate to contact us if
has one of the IDMP posters in order to
you would like to make any suggestions or
remind and drive national member
submit brief papers on your scientific or
organizations (NMOs) to start planning
educational work that would be of interest
IDMP activities. The eMPW welcomes
to our members. Let me remind you our
reports on NMO intitiatives to this
Calendar Editor, Ibrahim Duhaini
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next issue. If you are planning to have such for scientific or international events so as
an activity please share it with us and send to be included in eMPW. 
us pictures and relevant information to
inform our readers. This will be a great
way not only to raise awareness within the
local community but will also drive other
NMOs to work in this respect.
Following successful presence of IOMP in
the European conference of Radiology
(ECR) last year it was decided to continue
in 2014. IOMP had again a booth in ECR.
A big banner with information on NMOs
as well as regional organizations but also
the mission statement of IOMP was
produced for this purpose. Free issues of
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Virginia Tsapaki, Chair Editor
Medical Physics Department
Konstantopoulio General Hospital
3-5 Agias Olgas Str, Nea Ionia, Athens, Greece
Tel: +30-2132-057-132
virginia@otenet.gr
Dr. Magdalena Stoeva, Associate Editor
Medical Imaging Dept., Medical University
15A V. Aprilov Blvd, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
ms_stoeva@yahoo.com
Dr. KY Cheung
Medical Physics & Research Department
Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital
Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China
Tel: +852 28357002, Fax: +852 28927557
kycheung@hksh.com
Dr. Slavik Tabakov
Dept. Medical Engineering and Physics
King's College London, United Kingdom
Tel.& Fax +44 (0)20 3299 3536
slavik.tabakov@emerald2.co.uk
Dr. Ibrahim Duhaini, Calender Editor
CEO and General Manager
Radiation Experts Group
Cell: 00961 3656354
duhaini@yahoo.com
Dr. Madan Rehani
Director, Radiation Protection
European Society of Radiology, Vienna
Ex-Professor of Medical Physics
& Ex-staff of the IAEA, Vienna
Tel.: +43-676-3407850,
sg.iomp@gmail.com
Dr. Anchali Krisanachinda
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine
Chulalongkorn University
Rama IV Road, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Tel: +66 2 256 4283, Fax:+66 2 256 4162
kanchali@yahoo.com
Prof. A.W.K Kyere
Head of Department of Medical Physics
Graduate School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences
SNAS, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
Tel: 0208147520
kwaamkyere@yahoo.com
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Workshop on the Physics of Advanced Radiotherapy
Techniques: The Role of Medical Images
Santiago, Chile January 27 – 31, 2014
Auditorio Ninoslav Bralic. Facultad de Física.
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
This event was organized as a replacement
for the ISEP workshop that was planned to
happen in Iraq (2013) but was cancelled at
the request of the local organizers, due to
the political situation in that country.
We are very happy to say that, in spite of
the short time available to prepare this
event (because it was a replacement), it was
a great success with 31 attendees from
different countries (Chile, Argentina, Peru,
Germany, Cuba and Spain). Seven AAPM
Faculty members, together with a local
contribution from the Institute of Physics
of The Pontificia Universidad Católica de
Chile, Clínica Alemana and Clínica Santa
María (a total of 10 local speakers), gave
lecturers, making a total of 51 participants
(See program attached).
The workshop combined lectures with
practical sessions on VMAT and IMRT
treatment verifications. On the first day of
the meeting, a young physicists poster
session and cocktail reception (enlivened
with Chilean traditional folk dance) took
place. This instance was also used by
participants to meet and exchange
experiences and knowledge. A list of the
poster presented is provided bellow:
1. “The impact of new technologies
incorporated to the Radiotherapy
Department of Hospital Oncológico
Córdoba” Manuel Enrique Molina,
biomolina@gmail.com, Graciela R. Velez,
Sebastian Bianchini, Servicio de
Radioterapia del Hospital Oncológico de
Córdoba, Argentina.
2. “Hypoxia assessment of rat tumors via
FMISO PET”, Pamela Mena Romano,
p.mena@dkfz.de1, C. Cheng (2), C.Glowa1,
P. Peschke (3), A. Dimitrakopoulou E Strau
www.IOMP.org
(2), C. Karger (1).
(1) Division of Medical Physics in
Radiation Oncology, German Cancer
Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany, (2)
Clinical Cooperation Unit Nuclear
medicine, German Cancer Research Center,
Heidelberg, Germany, (3) Clinical
Cooperation Unit Molecular Radio
Oncology,
3. “Monte Carlo Simulation: X-ray tube for
cone beam computed tomography”,
Eduardo Cisternas Jiménez, eacister@uc.cl,
Sánchez E Nieto, Beatriz Doerner Edgardo,
Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad
Catolica.
4. “Enforcing divergence free to velocity
data from 4D flow MR image”’: Alejandro
Matías Pino Verdugo, ampino@uc.cl (1)
Joaquín Mura (2), Sergio Uribe (3). (1)
Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad
Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile,
(2)Escuela de Ingeniería Civil, Pontificia
Universidad Católica de Valparaíso,
Valparaíso, Chile, (3)Centro de imagines
biomédicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica
de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
5. “Methodology for assessing
CTEMRIESPECT Registration capability
of software applications for Radiotherapy
treatment planning purposes”: Sebastian
Bianchini, sebastianbianchini@gmail.com
1, Rodolfo Alfonso 2, Marcos Coca 3, Jorge
Castillo 3, Leonel Torres 3, Rafael
Rodríguez 4, (1) Departamento de Física
Biomédica, Servicio de Radioterapia,
Hospital Oncológico, Cordoba, Argentina,
(2) Instituto Superior de Tecnologías y
Ciencias Aplicadas (INSTEC), La Habana,
Cuba, (3) Centro de Investigaciones Clínicas
(CIC) La Habana, Cuba, (4) Centro
Internacional de Restauración Neurológica
(CIREN), La Habana, Cuba.
6. “Analytical model for predicting photon
peripheral dose” Rodrigo El Far Manríquez,
Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago,
Chile, (2)Unidad de Radioterapia Cl inica
Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo,
Santiago, Chile, (3) Departamento de Física
Médica y Biofísica, Universidad de Sevilla,
España. raelfar@uc.cl1, 
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Center ever opens in this Area which
covers 30 % of the population there.
The center is opened in Nabih Berry
Governmental University Hospital in
coordination with the Radiation
Oncology Department at the American
University Medical Center and the
Radiation Expert Group professionals.
5. United Arab Emirates
The below report is a summary from
the Arab Health:
The Arab health was conducted this
year on January 26-28, 2014.
The 39th edition of Arab Health
welcomed a record-breaking amount of
delegates, visitors, speakers, sponsors,
and exhibitors.
Arab Health 2014 increased its size
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with an extra 6,000m2 of exhibition
space hosting an additional 400
exhibitors. Visitor and delegate numbers were also up by a staggering 12%.
The new Training Village, introduced
for the first time at Arab Health 2014,
successfully hosted a number of
exhibitor workshops and on-stand
demonstrations on the show floor,
enhancing Informa’s philosophy of
‘exhibition with education’.
Arab Health Congress 2014 welcomed
a record-breaking 10,930 delegates,
which represented an impressive 37%
increase from last year. The 39th
edition of the congress presented 19
conferences, offering unmatched
continuing medical education opportunities to professionals from all healthcare specialties.
The Congress featured several new
conferences that received an incredibly
warm welcome:
‘Emerging Diseases of Public Health:
Strategies and Interventions’ was
developed together with the Public
Health and Safety Department of Dubai
Health Authority (DHA), aiming to
contribute to the improvement of
public health in the UAE and the
surrounding region. ‘The Mock Civil
Trial: Medical Malpractice in UAE’
gave participants a unique insight into
the difficulties that physicians and their
employers can face when civil litigation
is brought before them.
6. Kuwait
The below report was sent by Dr.
Hanan Al-Dousari:
The 5th Kuwait Medica Conference and
Exhibition took place in Crown Plaza
Hotel in Kuwait City from 18- 20
March 2014.
During that conference a Nuclear
Medicine & PET-CT Workshop was
organized by the Kuwait Nuclear
Medicine Society and Radiation Expert
Group.
The objectives of this workshop were to
provide an overview of the necessary
knowledge of PET/CT QC/QA procedures as well as the radiation safety and
Dosimetry considerations in PET/CT.
This workshop was attended by more
than 70 participants from Nuclear
medicine technologists, Medical
physicists, PET and CT specialists,
Nuclear Medicine Physician and all
workers in Nuclear Medicine department.
The program which was conducted by
Ibrahim Duhaini and Israa Ghader
included the following topics:
1. Radiation Safety and Dosimetry
considerations in PET/CT for worker
and patient.
2. Quality Assurane required to ensure
optimal performance of PET/CT
scanners.
3. Principles of PET/CT technology.
4. Quality Control of PET/CT.
5. Facility Design and Protective
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2014 will be an exciting year for IOMP! IOMP ExCom
President’s Message
Kin Yin Cheung
regulatory control on safe use of
ionizing radiation, quite often not
for safety reasons. They are proud to
inform the public that they have
adopted the highest safety standard
in the world. The ALARA principle
is often not practiced appropriately
in some countries. In searching
through the internet, one may notice
the vast differences in regulatory
requirements on dose rate outside
radiological equipment rooms in
different countries. Some countries
demand that such facility be
shielded to meet the instantaneous
dose rate limits as low as 3 uSv per
hour in any public accessible area in
Medical physicists in healthcare have addition to annual dose limits, while
the responsibility to address
in some countries only annual dose
radiation safety issues in the clinics. limits are specified. The latter is in
They support radiologists, radiation line with IAEA and ICRP
oncologists and referring physicians recommendations. For radiological
by providing professional advice
equipment that operates
with supporting scientific data if
infrequently in the clinics, the
needed on justification of
application of an instantaneous dose
radiological procedures, radiation
rate limit of 3 uSv per hour in
dose optimization and protection
shielding design would lead to
measures. They also provide
excessive shielding, a requirement
counseling service to patients
that most often is completely out of
receiving medical exposures to
proportion with the annual dose
address any radiation safety concerns limit and background radiation.
they may have. The professional
The large variation in regulatory
competence and standard of practice requirements on radiation shielding
of medical physicists is important in in different countries is rather
the discharge of such duties
unsatisfactory. This may be due to
effectively.
the differences in interpretation and
The professional competence of the
adaptation of the international safety
regulators on radiation protection is standards. In a debate on whether an
equally important in healthcare.
instantaneous or a time-averaged
Regulators have a tendency of
dose rate limit should be adopted as
setting stringent requirements on
a regulatory requirement in the 
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IOMP OFFICERS
President Dr. Kin-Yin Cheung
Medical Physics & Research Department
Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital
Happy Valley, Hong Kong , China
T: +852 28357002, F: +852 28927557, E: kycheung@hksh.com
Vice President Dr. Slavik Tabakov
Dept. Medical Engineering and Physics
King's College London - School of Medicine, Faraday Building
King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS , United Kingdom
T&F: +44 (0)20 3299 3536, E: slavik.tabakov@emerald2.co.uk
Secretary General Dr. Madan Rehani
Director, Radiation Protection,
European Society of Radiology, Vienna
Ex-Professor of Medical Physics & Ex-staff of the IAEA, Vienna
T: +43-676-3407850, E: sg.iomp@gmail.com
Treasurer Dr. Anchali Krishanachinda
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine
Chulalongkorn University
Rama IV Road, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
T: +66 2 256 4283, F:+66 2 256 4162, E: kanchali@yahoo.com
Past President Prof. Dr. Fridtjof Nuesslin
Klinik für Strahlentherapie Klinikum Rechts der Isar
der Technischen Universität München, Germany
E: nuesslin@lrz.tu-muenchen.de
IOMP CHAIRS
Science Committee Prof. William Hendee
University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, MA, USA
E: whendee@mcw.edu
Education&Training Prof.John Damilakis
University of Crete, Iraklion, Crete, Greece
E: John.Damilakis@med.uoc.gr
Professional Relations Dr. Raymond Wu
St. Joseph's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, USA
E: RayKWu@GMail.com
Publications Committee Prof.Tae Suk Suh
Catholic Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
E: suhsanta@catholic.ac.kr
Awards and Honours Dr. Tomas Kron
Peter McCallum Cancer Centre
Melbourne, Australia
E: tomas.kron@petermac.org
MPW Board Dr. Virginia Tsapaki
Konstantopoulio General Hospital, Athens, Greece
E: virginia@otenet.gr
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country, a regulator advocating the
former used the speed limit in the
traffic ordinance as a justifying
argument. His logic was that radiation
shielding should be controlled in the
same manner as speeding on the road.
He emphasized that radiation risk
would become unacceptable when a
time averaged dose rate limit was used
because this would allow a high dose
rate for a short period of time. This
indicates that some regulators do not
really understand the principles
behind dose limit and health effect of
radiation at this low dose level. The
implementation of excessive stringent
radiation shielding requirements in
some countries can only jack up the
cost of radiation medicine in these
countries unnecessarily. Room
shielding is much more demanding if
instantaneous dose rate limit is used as
a shielding design condition. In such
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case, parameters such as workload,
duty cycle, use factor, and occupancy
factor are not taken into account in the
shielding calculations, and this would
lead to a significantly increase in room
shielding cost. This is inappropriate
application of the ALARA principle in
radiation protection and is a failure in
optimizing the use of resources in
healthcare. It is interesting to notice
that countries that have the most
stringent shielding requirements are
not the most developed countries.
The concept and principles of
radiation protection should be put to
the right perspective and correctly
applied in healthcare. International
standards and guidelines on radiation
safety are published by IAEA in
International Basic Safety Standards
and in related IAEA guidance
documents. Application of sound
professional judgment and proper
optimization in the use of radiation
resources in healthcare, especially in
resource limited countries, is essential
for optimum patient benefits. This
goal is possible only if correct
interpretation and application of the
radiation protection principles is
exercised by both legislators and
radiation users in the clinics. While
appropriate training for all relevant
regulatory and healthcare professionals
is important, a good dialogue and
collaboration between medical
physicists, health physicists and
regulators can help formulating the
appropriate adaptation of the
International Basic Safety Standards in
healthcare. IOMP in collaboration
with IAEA, WHO, IRPA, and its
national member organizations will
have an important role to play on this
issue. 
IOMP Female in Medical Physics Group
Magdalena Stoeva, Associate Chair, IOMP Female Group
Medical Physics is among the fastest
progressing scientiffic and practical
areas. Historically women played an
important role in the field of physics,
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contributing to some of the leading
achievements in the area. IOMP is
working towards strangthening the
role of the females in our professional
society. A step towards achieving this
is the formation of IOMP Female
group.
The IOMP Female Group’s objective is
in compliance with the main IOMP
mission and directive directives to
advance medical physics practice
worldwide by disseminating scientific
and technical information, fostering
the educational and professional
development of medical physicists,
and promoting the highest quality
medical services for patients.
IOMP Female Group functions are
directed towards:
- Development, implementation and
coordination of tasks and projects
related to the role of females in
medical physics scientific, educational
and practical aspects.
- Dissemination of the experiences,
good practices and learning within
IOMP NMOs and other relevant
accessible areas/across the globe.
- Popularizing the role of the women
in medical physics and encouraging
female medical physicist to advance in
the profession.
- Organizing international cooperation
in medical physics and related specialities.
- Providing regular status/progress
updates to the IOMP on all tasks and
projects related to the IOMP Female
Group. 
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Sakhnini, BSMPBE President:
The Bahrain Society of Medical Physics
and Bio-Engineering (BSMPBE) were
formally founded in 2008 with 21
members that included physicists,
medical physicists, radiologists and
bio-engineers. At present it counts with
approximately 50 members, of whom
some are full members and others are
students. Students pay fees that are one
half those of the full members.
The Society has a large diversity of
activities, that include social meetings,
technical and general workshops and
exhibits. The Society has recently
applied a bid to host International
Conference on Medical Physics, ICMP
2016 on behalf of the International
Organization for Medical Physics
(IOMP). Additionally, we take care of
the National contest of experiments
designed by high-school students.
Our Page at facebook is (Bahrain
Society of Medical Physics and
Bio-engineering), and we invite
professionals and public to consult it.
Questions can also be sent to
medicalphysics.bh@gmail.com.
The board members are:
Lama Sakhnini, PhD, President
Khalid Alsheikh, MD, MSc, Vice
President
Sadeq Al Alawi, PhD, Secretary
Khalil Ibrahim, PhD, Treasurer
Hahan Albuflasa, PhD, Public
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Relation Officer.
Muneera Khamis, MSc, Social
Committee
Habib Ashoor, PhD, Scientific
Committee
29th 2014, National NGO's Support
Center, Tubli: The workshop provided
exposure to a variety of current topics
in the field of medical physics and
related fields, and it is aimed to
introduce Medical Physics to the public
BSMPBE has a successful year in 2014. in an exciting and a fun way.
Several activities were carried out
c. Come and Have Fun with Your Kid
during the year. These include the
at The Physics Amusement Park, June
following board meetings and members 19th, 2014.
meeting:
d. The society was able to carry out its
Board Meetings:
activities successfully mainly because
a. March 25th, 2014: A board meeting the members were very helpful. On
with the councilor from the Ministry of behalf of the society I would like to
Social Development to discuss the
thank our former president Dr. Aysha
activities and financing of the society, at Bu Onoq for her Support and guidance.
the Ministry of Social Development
I would also like to welcome the new
offices.
board members. I feel confident that
b. April 3rd, 2014: Board meeting at
our society will become even more
The Bahrain Science Center, to discuss active and benefit from the unlimited
future activities.
enthusiasm of its members.
c. April 16th, 2014: Board Meeting
was hosted by Dr. Lama Sakhnini,
4. Lebanon
President of the society, to discuss the
The Lebanese Association Medical
possibility to host the International
Physics (LAMP) conducted its regular
Conference on Medical Physics, ICMP
meeting on February 7, 2014 in Beirut.
2016, and the decision was in favour.
The meeting discuses new opportuniGeneral Activities:
ties for establishing a Master Program
a. General Meeting for Members, April in Medical Physics in one of the local
16th 2014, National NGO's Support
universities. Also, LAMP welcomed
Center, Tubli: A meeting was hosted
new members onboard.
by the Society board to welcome all
It is worth mentioning that a new
new and old members. Dinner and
Radiotherapy Department has been
refreshments were served to members.
established and opened on April 2014
b. Medical Physics Workshop, May
in the South of Lebanon. The first
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MEFOMP Activities during the last 6 months
From Secretary General desk
Ibrahim Duhaini, President of MEFOMP
Madan M Rehani, PhD, IOMP Secretary Genereal
School receives technical support from
the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA), and the World Council
on Isotopes. Previous RT Schools have
been run in cooperation with Australian
Nuclear Science and Technology
Organization (ANSTO) and with the
Association of Imaging Producers
Suppliers (AIPES). The first two RT
Schools have been held in Seoul, Korea
and this is the first time that the WNU
is bringing out the school to other
countries – this time, in Qatar. 60
candidates from more than 20 countries
participated in the conference. 7
During the last six months, MEFOMP mentors and 6 key internationally
countries have participated in many
recognized personnel in the field of
activities throughout its territories
radiation were invited speakers.
some of which are listed below:
The RT School is a two-week program
that aims to:
1. Qatar
• Provide selected participants with
The 3rd Radiation Technologies School broad understanding and new horizons
was held from 7-20 March 2014 in
in the areas of radioisotopes and
Doha, Qatar. The course is being hosted radiation technologies.
and co-organized by Hamad Medical
• Familiarize participants with the
Corporation (HMC) and Qatar Univer- main issues encountered by practitiosity and the World Nuclear University. ners in the field.
The WNU RT School is organized by
• Provide opportunities for participants
the WNU Coordinating Centre in
to develop a worldwide network of
London and in association with leading contacts of unique value to their current
institutes of nuclear learning. The RT
and long-term careers
2. Iraq
The below report was sent by Dr.
Nabaa Naji, IMPS President:
The Iraqi Medical Physics Society
(IMPS) worked in coordination with
the Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy
hospital in Baghdad to train the
graduated students in medical physics
master program.
The IMPS worked on changing the
Master Program Curriculum to be
matched with the AAPM standards.
The final approval of Mustansiriya
University depends on the new curriculum for the next academic year.
The IMPS expanded by joining new
medical physicists from inside and
outside Iraq.
Currently IMPS is working with the
AAPM and IOPM to complete the
requirement of conducting the ISEP,
which is proposed to be held in
Iraq/Erbil on March 26-30, 2015. the
work in the last few months were
focused on obtaining the Iraqi MOH
approval to sponsor part of the ISEP as
well the sponsorship of the IMC.
3. Bahrain
The below report was sent by Dr. Lama
information about IOMP support is
available at
http://www.iomp.org/?q=node/101.
You are encouraged to utilize
opportunity of IOMP endorsement or
sponsorship in accordance with norms.
In 2013, IOMP established IOMP
fellowship. First batch of Fellows of
IOMP were awarded in International
Conference on Medical Physics (ICMP)
held in Brighton 1-4 Sept 2013.
Guidelines for FIOMP are available at
http://www.iomp.org/sites/default/files/
fellow-of-iomp-guidelines.pdf
The preparations for the World
Congress (wc2015.org) which will be
held on 7-12 June 2015 in Toronto
have begun. Paper submission will open
in September 2014. Submission
deadline will be in January 2015.
Further details including submission
guidelines and categories will be
available in July 2014 itself. Please
keep a watch on the conference website.
We are planning to have two meetings
of ExCom (one with old ExCom and
another with new), two meetings of
Council combined with General
Assembly, meetings with IAEA, WHO,
regional organizations, AAPM and
meetings of each committee of IOMP.
There will be Presidential Reception
where awards other than Marie Curie
and Harold medal shall be presented.
Major awards shall be presented during
opening of the conference.
IOMP has already sponsored or
endorsed 7 scientific events in 2014. If
more applications are received, they
will be dealt with expeditiously. The
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www.IOMP.org
To recognise significant contributions
to the objectives of IOMP by persons
who are not practicing Medical
Physicists themselves, the IOMP
Awards and Honours Committee has
now prepared guidelines that are being
debated within ExCom. This follows
decision taken by the IOMP Council in
its meeting in wc2012 at Beijing, in
which the award was agreed in
principle. The guidelines will be
submitted to IOMP Council soon.
The extended deadline for submission
of bids to host 21st International
Conference on Medical Physics was over
on 30th May. Two bids were received
till 30th May and one on 31st May. The
recommendations of the review
committee shall be submitted to the
Council for voting in coming weeks.
There has been regular and timely
release of electronic Medical Physics
World (eMPW) and Medical Physics
International journal. Please see
respective reports to have more
information or visit IOMP website
where all issues are available for free
download. The reports of each
Committee of IOMP are also available
in issues of eMPW.
You are encouraged to visit page of
International Day of Medical Physics
(IDMP), which is being celebrated in
many countries on 7th November
2014.
We wish to have your participation in
various activities of IOMP. Please feel
free to write to me at
sg.iomp@gmail.com. 
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AFROG VII – Conference of the African
Radiation Oncology Group
DONATION OF USED EQUIPMENT – PRC
REPORT FOR Jan-Jun 2014
Fridtjof Nuesslin
Mohammed K. Zaidi, Program Manager, IOMP PRC
Past President IOMP
As layed down in its Constitution the
objectives of the AFROG among
others are promoting (i) the
professions dealing with radiation
oncology on the African continent,
(ii) the co-operation and
communication, (iii) the practices
related to Radiation Oncology and
Medical Physics within the region,
(iv) the training of professionals in
Radiation Oncology and Medical
Physics, and (v) research &
development in Radiation Oncology,
Medical Physics and Radiation
Therapy techniques and practice.
Membership of AFROG includes
Radiation Oncologists, Medical
Physicists and Radiation Therapy
Technologists, Engineers and
Technicians. Good reason for IOMP
with its focus on Africa to engage
with AFROG. There is already a
close link between AFROG and the
IOMP Regional Organization
FAMPO which as co-organizer is yet
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well represented in all AFROG
conferences (e.g. invited speakers,
topical sessions on medical physics
subjects, incorporation of FAMPO
Council meeting).
The AFROG-Conferences are
traditionally organized in
collaboration with the IAEA. The
AFROG-VII was hosted by Dr. Joel
Yearney, National Centre for
Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine,
Korle-Bu Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
The thematic guideline of the
program (10 to 11 April 2014) was
Improving Quality of Life of Cancer
Patients through Innovative
Treatment. Sessions on Innovative
Treatment, Access to Cancer
Treatment, and Palliative Care were
included. Additional sessions with
proffered papers from radiation
Oncology and Medical Physics were
organized, mainly presented by
speakers from Africa (Egypt,
Tanzania, Nigeria, Morocco,
Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Ghana,
Uganda, Malawi). The conference
was attended by about 100 delegates.
Anticipating a separate report from
FAMPO later, here just a brief
information on Medical Physics in
Ghana as I could pick up from
discussions at the tea-breaks and of
course the wonderful pool party at
the conference hotel. Particularly, I
am grateful to Dr.Cyril Schandorf
who kindly provided me with some
material. He expressed clear wishes
for a closer cooperation of the Ghana
Society for Medical Physics (GSMP)
with IOMP and FAMPO in
performing the already established
Ghana Medical Physics Education &
Training Program. I am citing from
his recent email-response:
The collaborating Institutions for
Medical Physics programme are:
Ghana Atomic Energy Commission;
School of Nuclear and Allied
Sciences, University of Ghana, The
Two teaching Hospitals in Ghana
and Sweden Ghana medical Centre
Ltd.in collaboration with IAEA. The
degree is awarded by the University.
The two years MPhil Medical Physics
programme started in 2006.
Statistics of Students who have
graduated : 2006- 2012 ,24 have
graduated ; 2012/2013 intake 11 ;
2013/14 intake 13.
The Ghana Society for Medical
Physics(GSMP) is also active and has
been able to get Medical Physics
recognized as part of the Allied
Health Professions under the Allied
Health professional Council of Ghana
governed by the Health Professions
Regulatory ACT, Act 857 of 2013.
Under this Act we are working on
Medical Physics practice regulatory
standards , code of ethics etc.
The Society celebrated the
International Day of Medical Physics
for 2013.
The Modalities for the certification
of Qualified Medical Physicists is
being pursued by the GSMP , and
Allied Health professional Council of
Ghana.
During the AFROG and particularly
the FAMPO Council meeting I was
impressed how well FAMPO and 
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Mr. Martin Mukosai, Clinical
Radiographer Technologist, Mwandi
Mission Hospital, Livingstone, Zambia
requested for some technical publications
to pusure for a master’s degree in
Sonography. Seeing the need, I purchased
these five books on Ultrasound techniques.
There titles are: Emergency Ultrasound,
Emergency Ultrasound Made Easy,
Essentials Sonography Patient Care,
Sonography, and Ultrasonography
Examinations. They were shipped to
Zambia and it took four months to reach
there. Mr. Mukosai wrote: I am so grateful
for the books that just a year from now you
can see myself acquired with knowledge
and skills in Echocardiography and
Vascular Sonography practices. They are
helpful so far and very informative,
educative and many more.
“Medical sonography as a branch of
diagnostic medicine imaging, make use of
non-ionizing ultrasound to produce
images of the body. Sonography has
become a valuable diagnostic tool as it is:
widely available, non-invasive, risk free,
easily accessed and less expensive than
other options such as MRI or CT scans.
The sonography study materials received
would be very helpful in the improvement
of examination / imaging of most body
tumors and cancerous related conditions.
Female breast and pelvis are the mostly
affected with benign and cancerous
tumors.
Hence sonography examinations will play
a pivoted role in the differentiation of
these two conditions. In addition, masses
in males either prostate cancer or scrotal
non-cancerous condition will be easily
differentiated sonographically.
AIDS patients present with a wide
spectrum of clinical manifestations
involving the body organs. The detection
and evaluation of potential treatable
conditions in AIDS, management and
follow ups are mostly to be enhanced as
result of improved practice skills and
knowledge gained from the study
materials. Ultimately, it is with sincere
acknowledgments for the donation of a
gift of such magnitude and a rare
opportunity. Every use on the books will
count as gain on improved health care
service provision. Thank you so much.
Other requested items are: an Ultrasound
machine, a laptop computer, gamma
camera, well counter, and a dose calibrator
for nuclear medicine. If someone can
donate used books, journal or equipment –
it will meet his present needs.
The UE donated in this period were older
than 10 years so none of the donations
offered were accepted and we are looking
forward that the donors should come with
useable UE which should be less than 10
year old.
The equipment donated to IOMP Used
Equipment Donation Program is in good
working condition but we don’t guarantee
its usefulness. The donations of used
equipment to IOMP are sometime tax
deductible. IOMP will not be responsible
for any warehousing expenses or loss if the
used equipment donated to IOMP
couldn’t be shipped. If you want to donate,
or want specific used equipment donated
to your organization, please contact the
IOMP PRC UEDP Manager. For more
information, please visit www.iomp.org or
email zaidimk@gmail.com.
Another Successful Event for the Radiation Protection Society
Magdalena Stoeva, Associate Editor, MPW
The International Conference on Radiation
Protection in Medicine took place for a
second time in the charming Riviera
Resort, Bulgaria.
The motto of the conference was “Facing
increasing challenges”, and the RP
professional society did face them.
www.IOMP.org
The number of scientiffic papers & posters
exceeeded 250, similar was the number of
participants - presenting educational
institutions, hospitals, officials from
national and international organizations
from all over the world.
Being one of the leading partners, IOMP
took an active part in the conference,
providing organizational support,
scientiffic and practical advice, chairing
many of the sessions.
The success of the conference proved the
need for a specialized forum where RP
professionals share their experience, discuss
the professional and scientiffic challenges,
exchange ideas and plan for the future.
The RP professionals gathered and faced
their challengegs. Now it the time to
dissiminate this valuable information
among our collleagues. ... And meet again
in 4 years time to share experience and face
our new challenges.
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Accra, Ghana – a Short Report
Taofeeq A. Ige, Secretary General, FAMPO
specifically targeted at enhancing the
Education and Training of the Medical
Physicists in the Continent. UICC request
for FAMPO to be one of her members
which he wanted the assembly to discuss
and that the Federation has been named as
a Joint Organiser of the AFRIRPA04
coming up in Rabat (Morocco) in
September 2014. He concluded by
reiterating the fact that FAMPO is open to
all Medical Physicists in Africa and
thanked all the participants and
personalities present for the second general
assembly of the Federation.
The minutes of the last meeting and the
The second general assembly of FAMPO
first General assembly in Kampala
on the sideline of the AFROG VII came
(Uganda) in 2012 were read and adopted
up in Accra, Ghana on Friday 11th April, and the matters arising from the minutes
2014 (commenced at 1.40 pm).
were quickly discussed. Thereafter the
The meeting has participants from 14
reports of the 3 (three) committees on
countries - Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt,
Education & Training, Professional
Ghana (host country), Kenya, Madagascar, Relations and Science were read and the
Morocco, Nigeria, Sudan, Tunisia,
need to replace the Chairman of E&T –
Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania,
Dr. Willem Groenewald – who had earlier
Zambia, Zimbabwe - and was highly
in the year voluntarily resigned the post
honoured to equally have the presence of
was mentioned. Dr. Ehab Attalla (Chair,
the immediate Past President of the IOMP Science Committee) mentioned the efforts
(Prof. Fridtjof Nuesslin) and Dr. Ahmed
to initiate a pan-African e-journal of the
Meghzifene of the IAEA.
Federation and solicit cooperation and
In the opening remarks by the President of contributions of good scientific materials
the Federation – Ahmed Ibn Seddik – he from the members. Dr. Mounir Besbes
thanked the IOMP and the IAEA for their (PRC Chair) also promised to improve on
continuous support. He mentioned some
the work and the visibility of his
of the activities that FAMPO have done
committee.
under his leadership which include among Some of the other activities that FAMPO
others – good representation with
participated since the last meeting were
schorlarly scientific presentation at the
further highlighted – the IOMP World
AFRIRPA in Nairobi (Kenya), IRPA in
Congress in Beijing, the various task force
Glasgow (Scotland), ICMP in Brighton
meetings (TFM’s) under the auspices of the
(UK) and the GI_RSCHS in Geneva
IAEA that produced the 3 earlier
(Switzerland) at the kind invitation of the mentioned publications (Prof. Debbie van
WHO. FAMPO endorsed the 3 (three)
der Merwe’s hardwork on this together
publications from the IAEA that were
with the other regional representatives
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were acknowledged) and the Workshop to
review the status of implementation of the
IAEA clinical training guides through the
Agency’s Inter-Regional Project on
Strengthening Medical Physics in
Radiation Medicine (INT/6/054). Ways to
enhance the recognition of Medical Physics
as a profession in the continent and the
IOMP proposed workplan put together by
Prof. Slavik Tabakov were also mentioned
as well as the modalities for funds
generation to run the affairs and activities
of the Federation.
Article 11 (2.1 – 2.4) of the FAMPO’s
Constitution with respect to the tenure of
the ExCo was also discussed and the
suggestion was to presently suspend that
constitutional provision for at least two
more years by which time the Federation is
anticipated to have become more viable
with respect to the necessary structures
and some minimal funding capabilities.
The President and the Secretary-General
informed the house that they will be
stepping down at the next general
assembly of the Federation.
Goodwill messages were delivered by Prof.
Fridtjof Nuesslin of the IOMP and Dr.
Ahmed Meghzifene of the IAEA. Dues
from the NMO’s (National Member
Organisations) were collected to the tune
of $1,450 (One thousand four hundred and
fifty dollars) which was later handed over
to Prof. Nuesslin in line with some
discussion at the ICMP meeting in
Brighton with respect to IOMP assisting
with temporary safe custody of FAMPO’s
account . Proceedings of this meeting and
the other details are available on the
Federation’s website –
www.federation-fampo.org . The meeting
rose at 3.03 pm.
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some national medical physics
organizations are developing. It is
fascinating to learn about the wide
ranging actions of the Education and
the Scientific Committee of FAMPO.
Also several national activities in the
African Region are remarkable. For
instance, it is quite surprising to note
the successful implementation of a
MSc-Program in Medical Physics in
Ghana (see Appendix). However,
many African countries suffering
from the limited financial and
staffing resources still need
engagement of the international
community to establish sustainable
infrastructure for science and
educational programs. In this
context, the essential support by the
IAEA is a most valuable and efficient
activity.
Of course collaboration of IOMP and
FAMPO with AFROG matches
perfectly the important long term
initiative of the IOMP to advance
Medical Physics in Africa (see
S.Tabakov, “IOMP PROJECT
SUPPORTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL
PHYSICS IN AFRICA”,
Med.Phys.International 2013). In
fact, the IOMP, particularly the
Working Group on Medical Physics
in Africa, FAMPO and the
internationally operating
organizations like the IAEA and the
WHO are facing enormous
challenges indeed. 
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Appendix:
Ghana Society for Medical Physics
– Master Program Medical Physics
(from Cyril Schandorf)
MASTER OF PHYLOSOPHY
(M.PHIL) IN MEDICAL PHYSICS
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
i. The minimum qualification for this
programme is a good first degree (at least
a second class lower division) in Physics
from any approved University.
ii. A candidate who does not satisfy the
requirement in an appropriate field of
study as above but is otherwise adjudged
suitable by virtue of appropriate
experience will be considered.
YEAR 1. COURSE CODE COURSE
TITLE CREDITS
MPHY 601: Selected topics in Anatomy,
Physiology and Chemistry 4
MPHY 605: Radiation Physics 2
MPHY 607: Radiobiology and
Radiation Protection 3
MPHY 609: Electronics,
Instrumentation, Signal Analysis,
Imaging and Display 3
NSAP 613 Research Methods and
Scientific Communications 2
MPHY 611: Dosimetry for Photon and
Electron Beams 4
MPHY 613: Practicals in Radiation
Dosimetry 3
MPHY 615:Practicals in Radiotherapy 3
MPHY 602: Ultrasonics, Theory,
Instrumentation and Practice 2MPHY
604: NMR Spectroscopy and Imaging 3
MPHY 606: X-Rays and Diagnostic
Radiology 3MPHY 608: Nuclear
Medicine 3
MPHY 612: Radiotherapy 4
MPHY 614: Applications of Digital
Computers, Lasers And
Ultraviolet radiation in Medicine, 2
MPHY610: Seminar 1 3
SNAS 602:Nuclear Law & Legislation 2
SNAS 604 Quality Management in
Testing Laboratories 3
MPHY 613 AND MPHY 615 are
Inter-Semester break practicals
YEAR 2. COURSE CODE COURSE
TITLE CREDITS
MPHY 600: Thesis 30
MPHY620: Seminar 2 3
MPHY 630: Clinical Practice in
Radiotherapy, Diagnostic Radiology
and Nuclear Medicine at the Hospital 4
Total Credits in year 1: (including
practicals) 46
Total Credits in year 2: (including
practicals) 37
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AFOMP Activity in the Last Six Months
Tomas Kron, Chair Awards and Honours Committee
Howell Round, Secretary General AFOMP
The main objective of awards is to
recognise publically the significant
achievements of a person or a group.
They often express gratitude for
supporting the objectives of an
organisation and as such implicitly
promote both the awardee and the
objectives of the organisation giving
the award. This is similar within
IOMP and the Awards and Honours
Committee is discussing ways how
we can acknowledge all the persons
who have supported IOMP over the
years.
This must include persons from other
professions and we did not have an
appropriate means to recognise these
people. In recognition of this issue
the AHC is proposing a new award
for persons who have contributed
significantly to the objectives of
IOMP without actually practicing as
a medical physicists themselves.
What better way to recognise these
individuals than making them
‘honorary medical physicists’ or more
explicitly ‘Honorary Member of
IOMP’ or MIOMP(Hon) for short.
As such, the AHC is proposing to
MIOMP(Hon) as an award that
recognises significant contributions
to the objectives of IOMB by persons
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who are not Medical Physicists
themselves. It is anticipated that the
award would be given at the Medical
Physics and Biomedical Engineering
World Congress and announced in
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In addition to this new recognition
we are delighted to call for
nominations form the two existing
highest honours within IOMP: The
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award and
The Harold Johns Medal.
The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award
was established to honour scientists
who have distinguished themselves
by their contributions in 1.
Education and training of medical
physicists, medical students, medical
residents, and allied health personnel;
and/or 2. Advancement of medical
physics knowledge based upon
independent original research and/or
development; and/or 3. Advancement
of the medical physics profession in
the IOMP adhering national and
international organizations.
The Harold Johns Medal honours
scientists who have distinguished
themselves through excellence in
teaching and contributions to
international education.
Both awards are given triennially at
the World Congress on Medical
Physics and Biomedical Engineering,
the next being in Toronto, June
7-12, 2015. Nominations should be
made – preferably through IOMP’s
regional organisations or its officers –
to the Chair of the IOMP Awards
and Honours Committee by the
International Day of Medical Physics,
November 7, 2014. Nominations
should include supporting material
such as a curriculum vitae and a
statement supporting the
nomination.
Finally, this gives me an opportunity
to remind everyone of the IUPAP
Young Scientist Award in Medical
Physics 2014. The award which was
established by the International
Union of Pure and Applied Physics
recognises original and/or applied
work of outstanding scientific quality
in medical physics by a younger
member of our profession. Details on
the IOMP webpage.
As always, please do not hesitate to
contact any member of the AHC for
ideas, suggestions or comments.
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Progress has been made in extending
AFOMPs outreach to include more
medical physicists in our region. In three
countries: Bangladesh, Malaysia and
Pakistan, there is more than one
professional association that represents
their medical physicists. This has caused
complications in the past as only one
association from each country is allowed to
be a member of IOMP and AFOMP.
However, the AFOMP rules allow the
non-represented organizations to become
affiliate members. Such associations cannot
hold office in AFOMP and are not allowed
to vote on AFOMP Council resolutions. So
they essentially have an observer status.
The Bangladesh Medical Physics Society,
the Malaysian Association of Medical
Physics and the Pakistan Organization for
Medical Physics have all become affiliate
members in the last few months. In each
case, the pre-existing medical physics
association in each of these countries voted
in favour of the second organization being
an affiliate.
To further extend our outreach, we have
been in contact with medical physicists
from Myanmar, Cambodia and
Afghanistan. In these countries there are
far too few medical physicists to form a
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national medical physics association.
We recognise that they are working with
little support and it is important that we
are in contact with them so that we can
offer to help develop the profession in
their respective countries. Currently, only
companies and national organizations can
be members of AFOMP, but in these
countries there are far too few medical
physicists to form a national medical
physics association. A remit will be put to
AFOMP’s Council at its annual general
meeting in Ho Chi Minh City in October
to institute another membership category:
individual membership. This will only be
available to physicists in countries where
there is no medical physics association.
The members will have no voting rights
but they will not pay a subscription. This
will allow us to stay in contact with them
and keep them informed of developments
in our region.
We are pleased to see our Newsletter is
now being published again thanks to the
dedicated work of Arun Chougule from
India. The Newsletter can be accessed at
AFOMP’s web site (www.afomp.org)
which may have been renewed and made
more modern looking by the time you
read this. Tae Suk Suh has been
instrumental in making this happen.
Please mark in your diary that October
23-25, 2014 are the dates when AFOMP
and the South East Asian federation of
Organizations for Medical Physics will
jointly be holding their annual conference.
This time it is in Ho Chi Minh City for
the first time. The conference has always
been a success with consistently larger
numbers of delegates attending.
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eMPW
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Medical Physics World
The top 3 reasons why we should celebrate the
International Day of Medical Physics this year
John Damilakis, Chair, IOMP Education and Training Committee
and draw attention of the media to the institution and ask them to hire
important role that medical physics
medical physicists for quality
play in the health care system in
assurance, radiation protection and
general and especially in medical
optimization of imaging procedures.
imaging.
3. Reason #3. Attract the best
2. Reason #2. Inform the health
students to ‘Physics of Medical
services managers. Without a
Imaging’. Medical imaging is an
clinically qualified medical physicist,
exciting scientific field. Medical
the implementation of imaging
Physics has a longstanding
procedures can lead to the following
relationship with Radiology and
events: a) the patient may receive
Nuclear Medicine. Radiology and
higher dose than required for medical Nuclear Medicine could not exist
diagnosis and b) the medical staff and without the contribution of Medical
To raise awareness of our profession,
the public might be in danger of
Physics and the development of new
the International Organization for
radiation exposure. According to
imaging techniques and Medical
Medical Physics celebrates annually
international recommendations, there Physics could not innovate without
the International Day of Medical
should be an adequate number of
clinical direction. IDMP is an
Physics (IDMP) on November 7. The medical physicists to support medical opportunity for us to give lectures for
theme of IDMP 2014 is ‘Looking into imaging. IDMP is a good opportunity undergraduate physics students who
the Body: Advancement in Imaging
to explain health services managers
want to explore the physics of medical
through Medical Physics’. Here are the and decision makers the role of
imaging. If we want a bright future for
top 3 reasons why we should celebrate Medical Physicists in medical
medical imaging, it’s time to attract
the IDMP this year.
imaging, explain why the services of
the best physics students to study
1. Reason # 1. Inform the public.
Medical Physicists contribute to the
Medical Physics.
Medical Physicists have invented
cost-effective operation of the
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quality in medical imaging. It is also
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8th European Conference of Medical
Physics (ECMP 2014), 11-13 September
2014 Athens, Greece, Europe
Chair of the 8th ECMP Organizing Committee
Dear Colleagues,
We are inviting you to participate to
the 8th European Conference on
Medical Physics, which will be held in
Athens 11-13 of September 2014. The
conference is organized by the Hellenic
Association of Medical Physicists in
collaboration with EFOMP. It is
accredited as a Continuing Professional
Development (CPD) event for Medical
Physicists, with a maximum of 21
hours. According to the EFOMP
recommendations, this is equivalent to
21 CPD credit-points. IOMP, the
global organization for medical
physicists, has endorsed this event.
The topics selected for the conference
include: Radiation therapy applications (methods and technologies),
medical imaging applications
(ionizing and non ionizing radiation
methods and technologies), medical
informatics (Pacs, modeling, information technology), radiation protection,
monitoring and dose reduction,
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legislation and Standards and finally
education and training. A rather
exciting scientific program is
organized which will cover all the
main areas of Medical Physics. More
than 60 prestigious invited speakers
from all over the world will present
the state-of-the-art subjects in our
field. An substantial number of
international organizations such as
IAEA, ICRP, European Commission,
EFOMP, AAPM and MEFOMP, are
participating with focused symposia
on current research, education and
professional issues. Additionally,
satellite workshops have been
organized (Hands-on training course
on quality assurance and safety in
MRI, BIOMEP 2014, Non-ionizing
radiation workshop) covering special
subjects. For all the above, please visit
the conference’s web site at
www.efomp-2014.gr.
Furthermore, all major vendors are
participating in the technical exhibition and a number of satellite symposia are organized where participants
will have the opportunity to follow the
current technological and commercial
trends.
The abstracts of the conference will be
published as a supplement to Physica
Medica, European Journal of Medical
Physics (EJMP), e-only for Journal
subscribers and registered participants.
After the conference, submitted papers
will be published as full papers in this
journal after peer review process.
EFOMP financial support is provided
for medical physicists at an early stage
of their career and who are members of
a National Member Organization of
EFOMP to participate in the European
Conference of Medical Physics
(ECMP). The value of the award will
be the registration fee to attend the
conference. Travel and subsistence
costs are the responsibility of the
applicant and cannot be funded by
EFOMP. Applications for the award
are handled by the EFOMP Education
& Training Committee
(www.efomp.org). For further details
please contact educationtrainingcommittee@efomp.org
As Athens is the birthplace of classical
Greece, offering some of the best
urban walking routes in Europe, you
will have the opportunity not only to
attend a high-quality scientific
meeting, but also to enjoy a late
summer tour around the city. Furthermore, the Argosaronic islands that are
sprinkled over the Argosaronic Gulf
and are steeped in ancient mythology,
are an ideal destination for a postconference short and quick escape for
those wishing to enjoy natural beauty,
historical treasures, unique architecture and romantic atmosphere.
We hope to see you in Athens in 2014!
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Recent Activities of EFOMP
Professional Relations Committee Report
Peter Sharp, EFOMP President
Raymond Wu, PhD, PRC Chair
The issuing of the revised BSS with
its definitions of the role of the
Radiation Protection Expert (RPE)
and the MPE, together with RP174
(European Guidelines on the Medical
Physics Expert), which gives
guidance on its implementation, and
RP175 (Guidelines on Radiation
Protection, Education and Training of
Medical Professionals in the European
Union) has led to much activity
within EFOMP. In early 2014 we
published the revised Policy
Statement 12 “Recommendations on
Medical Physics Education and
Training in Europe 2014” which
incorporates the above guidance. A
working group has recently been set
up to develop the associated curricula,
both for MPE (EQF level 8) and
Qualified Medical Physicist (EQF
level 7).
The EFOMP Board has a number of
concerns over provisions in the new
BSS relating to the MPE and RPE . A
working group was set up under the
EFOMP EU Matters Committee to
look at these concerns and draft a
report for comments by our national
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member organisations.
Meanwhile we continue with our
series of EFOMP School for Medical
Physics Experts. The second one, in
July, is on “Advanced Kinetic
Modeling and Parametric Methods
Advanced SPECT and PET
Applications in Cardiology,
Neurology and Oncology” and the
third, in January 2015 will be
entitled “Digital mammography and
quality control”. On the professional
side, we are working on
“Recommended Guidelines on the
Role of the Medical Physicist within
the Hospital Governance Board”.
Together with IPEM we are
developing what we hope will be
accepted as a CEN standard on
Medical Physics Services. A working
group of the Scientific Committee has
just produced a draft protocol on
“Quality Control in Digital
Mammography”. We have other
working groups on Cone Beam CT,
Acceptance Testing and Quality
Control of Fluoroscopic and
Interventional systems equipped with
Dynamic Flat Panel Detectors, Safety
in MRI and Guidelines in Digital
Angiography.
We have started a discussion on how
we develop our annual European
Conference in medical Physics. The
intention is to expand it into a larger
congress that might be held
bi-annually. Our next conference is in
Athens from 11-13th September
2014.
We are engaged in a number of
projects. The main one is
EUTEMPE-RX, which aims to create
a network of teaching centres that
will prepare courses to bring the
medical physicist in Diagnostic and
Interventional Radiology to the level
of MPE, and to set up a multi campus
Educational and Training platform.
One issue facing EFOMP is its role in
this project in setting up an
accreditation and examination
process. We are also partners in an EU
project on Diagnostic Reference
Levels for Paediatric Imaging and to
develop a European Network for
Education and Training in Radiation
Protection.
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Certification Program Part I, Part II, and
Part III requirements, and to prepare
operation details such as check lists for
evaluation, cost effective methods to do
evaluations, and etc. Another resolution is
to task the Finance committee to
determine how much IMPCB should
charge the 1-time fee when national
organizations apply to join as new regular
members. The BOD accepted the report of
the Nomination and Election Committee
which includes the deadline of July 31st to
IMPCB
present the slate to the BOD. Later in
PRC has worked hard in the past few years May, the BOD adopted the new logo as
for a way to mark the achievements of
shown here.
clinical medical physicists who have
fulfilled the requirements in education and
training as described in Policy Statements
No. 1 and 2. For this goal the
International Medical Physics Certification
Board was formed on May 23rd, 2010. It
took the subsequent two years to write the
By-Laws, create guidelines for
certification, and incorporate to be
recognized as a legal entity. Towards the
HINARI (Programme for Access to
end of last year, the new organization
Research in Health)
elected its first team of officers and board
As mentioned in the article about
(BOD) members. The lists of the
HINARI in the December issue of eMPW,
leadership team and the committee and
The PRC and PC have been working with
subcommittee members are available on
the WHO staff Kimberly to make the web
its official website www.IMPCB.org. The
resources more useful for medical
21 elected office holders held a virtual
physicists. One of the tasks we are
meeting, chaired by Colin Orton in
working on is to recommend several
January, and resolved several important
medical physics scientific journals for
issues on the agenda. The approved
inclusion in HINARI. Currently, there are
minutes may be obtained by addressing
four such journals already included: BMC
the organization directly. Some highlights Medical Physics, Journal of Applied
include the approval to form three
Clinical Medical Physics, Journal of
subcommittees under the Accreditation
Medical Physics (India), and Medical
Committee to be chaired by Tomas Kron. Physics International. These four are easy
The charge is to establish guidelines and
since they are open access journals.
procedures to evaluate national
HINARI has a Publisher Liaison who will
certification programs applying for
do much of the work contacting the
accreditation based on the Model
editors and publishers to make possible
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“Group A” medical physicists free access
of full texts of scientific publications while
protecting the business interest of the
publishers. We are inviting suggestions of
scientific journals. Since the last issue of
the eMPW, we have collected a list of
journals to recommend to HINARI for
inclusion. I am listing a few here: Annals
of the ICRP, Australasian Physical &
Engineering Sciences in Medicine, British
Journal of Radiology, European Journal of
Nuclear Medicine, Health Physics,
IJROPB, Journal of Magnetic Resonance
Imaging, Medical Dosimetry, Medical
Physics, Physics in Medicine and Biology,
Radiotherapy Oncology, Technology in
Cancer Research and Treatment, etc.
International Libraries
In the previous issue of eMPW, it was
mentioned that the Curator is continuing
the effort of updating the active libraries
with additional books, and removing from
the list the inactive libraries. Since then a
new library was established in Tallinn,
Estonia. The contact person is Eduard
Gershkevitsh, Ph.D. The books had been
shipped directly from IPEM, UK to him.
Additional shipments are being planned
for contact persons of the active libraries:
Dr Hasin Anupama Azhari of Bangladesh,
Maria Cristina Plazas of Colombia, Dr
Chougule of India, Mohammad Toossi of
Iran, Dr. Wassim Jalbout of Lebanon, Nisa
Chawapun of Thailand, Axel Tibinyane of
Namibia, Dr. Ricardo Contreras of
Guatemala, Prof Ye-cho Huang of China,
and Antonio Almonte of Republica
Dominicana when shipping fund is
available. Some of the book shipments are
already on the way. The Curator is in the
process of establishing a new library
requested by Dr Francis Hasford of Ghana.
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13-17 September 2014
AFR-IRPA 04.
“Strengthening radiation protection infrastructures for
health and sustainable development in Africa”
Rabat, Morocco
11-13 September 2014
European Conference on Medical Physics (ECMP2014);
Athens, Greece
Hosted by the Hellenic Association of Medical Physics
(HAMP) and the European Federation of Organizations
for Medical Physics (EFOMP)
http://www.efomp-2014.gr/
9-12 September 2014
28th Int'l Congress of Radiology
Dubai, UAE
http://www.icr2014.org/
Physics (ÖGMP)
Zürich, Switzerland
http://www.medphys-kongress.de/
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European Congress of Radiology
http://www.myesr.org
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RSNA Annual Meeting
Chicago USA
Radiological Society of North America
http://rsna.org/
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IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging
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Seattle, WA USA
http://nssmic2014.npss-confs.org
asp?Type=Full&Code=5212
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18
19
14
15
16
17
18
19
21
22
23
24
25
26
14
15
16
17
18
19
21
22
23
24
25
26
14 15
15 16
16 17
17 18
18 19
19
21
22
23
24
25
26
14
21
22
23
24
25
26
21
22
23
24
25
21
22
23
24
25 26
26
28
29
30
31
21
22
23
24
25
26
21
22
23
24
25
26
28
29
30
31
21
22
23
24
25
26
28
29
30
31
28
29
30
31
28 29
29 30
30 31
31
28
28
28 29
29 30
30 31
31
No. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
49
49
No.
49
No.
49
49
49
49
50
49
50
49
50
49
50
50
50
50
51
50
51
51
50
51
51
51
51
52
51
52
51
52
51
52
52
52
1
52
52
1
52
1
1
1
1
1
1
14-17 September 2014
ASTRO 56th Annual Meeting
4-6 September 2014
San Francisco, CA USA
7-12 Jun 2015
Monte Carlo Methods in Radiation Therapy
https://www.astro.org/Meetings-and-Events/2014-Annual World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical
Oxford, UK
-Meeting/Index.aspx
Engineering
http://montecarlo-method-course.weebly.com/
Toronto, Canada
14-17 September 2014
http://www.wc2015.org
4-7 September 2014
Annual Meeting of the German Biophysical Society
8th Int'l Conference on 3D Radiation Dosimetry
(DGfB)
21-27 September 2015
Ystad, Sweden
Lübeck, Germany
The 53rd National SAAPMB Congress (South African
http://ic3ddose.org
http://www.biophysical-congress.de/
Association of Physicist in Medicine and Biology).
Sponsor by the Department of Medical Physics,
7-10 September 2014
22-23 October 2014
University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Joint Conference of the Swiss Society of Radiobiology and British Institute of Radiology Annual Congress
rkc@telkomsa.net
Medical Physics (SGSMP), the German Society of Medical London, U.K.
Physics (DGMP) and the Austrian Society for Medical
https://membersarea.bir.org.uk/multievents/displayEvent.
31 Aug - 3 Sep 2014
EPI2k14 - 13th Int'l Conference on Electronic Patient
Imaging;
Aarhus, Denmark
http://www.epi2k14.dk
20-22 August 2014
2nd Int'l Conference on Medical Physics in Radiation
Oncology and Imaging (ICMPROI-2014)
combined with the 3rd Annual Conference of the
Bangladesh Medical Physics Society (BMPS)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
http://bmps-bd.org/icmproi2014
17-20 August 2014
XIX Congresso Brasileiro de Física Médica
Goiânia, Brazil
http://acquaviva.com.br/CBFM2014/index.asp
6
November 2015
23 31
CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2014 - 2015
20-24 July 2014
AAPM 56th Annual Meeting
Austin, TX USA
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
http://www.aapm.org/meetings
36 30 31
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
5
22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
4
2
18 26 27 28 29 30
3
1
21 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
19
18
20 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
43 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
7
3
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
1
Sa
1
Sa
1
1
1
1
1
8
1
8
1
8
1
8
8
8
8
15
8
15
8
15
15
15
15
15
22
15
22
15
15
22
22
22
22
29
22
29
22
22
29
29
29
29
29
29
17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
40 27 28 29 30
6
2
4
39 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
5
1
36
3
9 10 11
2
May 2015
November
2014
November
2014
November
2014
November
2014
November
2014
November
2014
2014
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
November
Su
2014
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
November
Su
2014
Mo
Tu
We
Th
November
Su
2014
Mo
Tu
We
Th Fr
Fr
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Su
Mo Tu
Tu We
We Th
Th Fr
Fr
Su
Mo
Th
Fr
Su Mo
Mo Tu
We Th
Th Fr
Fr
Su
Tu We
2
3
4
5
6
7
2
3
4
5
6
2 3
3 4
4 5
5 6
6 7
7
2
7
2
3
4
5
6
7
2
3
4
5
6
7
2 10
3 11
4 12
5 13
6 14
7
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
9
10
11
12
13
14
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
10
11
12
13
14
9
10
11
12
13
14
9
10
11
12
13
14
9
10
11
12
13
14
16
17
18
19
20
21
9
10
11
12
13
14
16
17
18
19
20
21
9
16
17
18
19
20
21
9 10
10 11
11 12
12 13
13 14
14
16
17
18
19
20
21
16
17
18
19
20
21
16
17
18
19
20
21
23
24
25
26
27
28
16
17
18
19
20
21
23
24
25
26
27
28
16
17
18
19
20
21
16
17
18
19
20
21
23
24
25
26
27
23 24
24 25
25 26
26 27
27 28
28
23
28
23
24
25
26
27
28
23
24
25
26
27
28
30
23
30 24
23
24 25
25 26
26 27
27 28
28
No. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
44
No.
44
No.
44
44
44
44
45
44
45
44
45
44
45
45
45
45
46
45
46
45
46
45
46
46
46
46
47
46
47
46
47
47
47
47
48
47
48
47
47
48
48
48
48
49
48
49
48
2015
16 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
7
8
6
15
5
1
14
34 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
4
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
4
Sa
4
Sa
4
4
4
4
4
11
4
11
4
11
4
11
11
11
18
11
18
11
18
11
18
18
18
18
25
18
25
18
25
18
25
25
25
25
25
25
35 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
31 26 27 28 29 30 31
3
Fr
Fr
Fr
Fr
Fr
Fr
Fr
3
Fr
3
Fr
3
3
3
3
3
10
3
10
3
10
3
10
10
10
17
10
17
10
17
10
17
17
17
17
24
17
24
17
24
17
24
24
24
31
24
24
31
24
31
31
31
31
31
31
42 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
2
1
April 2015
October
2014
October
2014
October
2014
October
2014
October
2014
October
2014
2014
Mo
Tu
We
Th
October
Su
2014
Mo
Tu
We
Th
October
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
October
2014
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Su
Mo Tu
Tu We
We
Th
Su
Mo
Th
1
2
Su Mo
Mo Tu
Tu We
We
Th
1
2
Su
Th
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
5
6
7
8
9
1
2
5
6
7
8
9
1
2
5 6
6 7
7 8
8
9
1 9
2
5
5
6
7
8
9
5
6
7
8
9
12
13
14
15
16
5
6
7
8
9
12
13
14
15
16
5
6
7
8
9
12
5 13
6 14
7 15
8 16
9
12
13
14
15
16
12
13
14
15
16
12
13
14
15
16
12
13
14
15
16
19
20
21
22
23
12
13
14
15
16
19 13
20 14
21 15
22 16
23
12
13
14
15
16
19
20
21
22
23
12
19
20
21
22
23
19
20
21
22
23
19
20
21
22
23
26
27
28
29
30
19
20
21
22
23
19
20
21
22
23
26
27
28
29
30
19
20
21
22
23
26
27
28
29
30
26
27
28
29
26 27
27 28
28 29
29 30
30
26
30
26
26 27
27 28
28 29
29 30
30
38 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
30 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
31
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
40
No.
40
No.
40
40
40
40
41
40
41
40
41
40
41
41
41
41
42
41
42
41
42
41
42
42
42
42
43
42
43
43
42
43
43
43
43
44
43
44
43
44
43
44
44
44
44
44
No. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa No. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
36
No.
36
No.
36
36
36
36
36
37
36
37
36
37
37
37
37
37
38
37
38
37
38
37
38
38
38
38
39
38
39
39
38
39
39
39
39
40
39
40
40
39
40
40
40
40
40
40
No. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa No. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
33
4
29 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
3
32
2
9
8
7
6
9 10 11
7
8
6
28
5
1
27
No. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
July 2015
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
9 10
4
7
3
6
8
5
4
3
2
2
1
1
February 2015
Fr
Fr
Fr
Fr
Fr
Fr
Fr
4
Fr
4
Fr
4
4
4
4
4
11
4
11
4
11
4
11
11
11
18
11
18
11
18
11
18
18
18
18
25
18
25
18
25
18
25
25
25
25
25
25
No. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
July
2014
July
2014
July
2014
July
2014
July
2014
July
2014
2014
Tu
We
Th
July
Mo
2014
Tu
We
Th
July
Mo
2014
Tu
We
Th
July
Mo
2014
Tu
We
Th
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Mo
Tu
We
Th
1
2
3
Mo
We
Th
1
2
3
Mo Tu
Tu
We
Th
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
7
8
9
10
1
2
3
7
8
9
10
1
2
3
7 8
8
9
10
1 9
2 10
3
7
7
8
9
10
7
8
9
10
14
15
16
17
7
8
9
10
14
15
16
17
7
8
9
10
14
17
7 15
8 16
9 10
14
15
16
17
14
15
16
17
14
15
16
17
14
21
22
23
24
14
15
16
17
21 15
22 16
23 17
24
14
15
16
17
21
22
23
24
14
15
16
17
21
22
23
24
21
22
23
24
21
22
23
24
28
29
30
31
21
22
23
24
28
29
30
31
21
22
23
24
28
29
30
31
21
22
23
24
28
29
30
28 29
29 30
30 31
31
28
31
28
28 29
29 30
30 31
31
January 2015
Su
Su
Su
Su
Su
Su
Su
Su
Su
Su
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
13
13
6
13
6
13
13
13
20
13
20
13
20
13
20
20
20
27
20
27
20
27
20
27
27
27
27
27
27
No. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
27
No.
27
No.
27
27
27
27
27
28
27
28
27
28
28
28
28
29
28
29
28
29
28
29
29
29
29
30
29
30
29
30
30
30
30
31
30
31
30
31
30
31
31
31
31
31
31
2014
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
5
Sa
5
Sa
5
5
5
5
5
12
5
12
5
12
5
12
12
12
19
12
19
12
19
12
19
19
19
19
26
19
26
19
26
19
26
26
26
26
26
26
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
31
No.
31
No.
31
31
31
31
31
32
31
32
31
32
32
32
32
33
32
33
32
33
32
33
33
33
33
34
33
34
33
34
34
34
34
35
34
35
34
35
34
35
35
35
35
36
35
36
35
August
2014
August
2014
August
2014
August
2014
August
2014
August
2014
August
2014
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
August
2014
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
August
2014
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
August
2014
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Su Mo
Tu
We
Th
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Su
Su Mo
Mo Tu
Tu We
We Th
Th
3
4
5
6
7
3
4
5
6
3 4
4 5
5 6
6 7
7
3
7
3
4
5
6
7
3
4
5
6
7
10
11
12
13
14
3 11
4 12
5 13
6 14
7
10
3
4
5
6
7
10
11
12
13
14
3
4
5
6
7
10
11
12
13
14
10
11
12
13
14
10
11
12
13
14
17
18
19
20
21
10
11
12
13
14
17
18
19
20
21
10
11
12
13
14
17
18
19
20
21
10
11
12
13
14
17
18
19
20
21
17
18
19
20
21
17
18
19
20
21
24
25
26
27
28
17
18
19
20
21
24
25
26
27
28
17
18
19
20
21
24
25
26
27
28
17
18
19
20
21
24
25
26
27
28
24
25
26
27
28
24
25
26
27
28
24
25
26
27
28
31
24
31 25
24
25 26
26 27
27 28
28
Fr
Fr
Fr
Fr
Fr
Fr
Fr
1
Fr
1
Fr
1
1
1
1
1
8
1
8
1
8
1
8
8
8
15
8
15
8
15
8
15
15
15
15
22
15
22
15
22
15
22
22
22
29
22
29
22
29
22
29
29
29
29
29
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
2
Sa
2
Sa
2
2
2
2
2
9
2
9
2
9
2
9
9
9
16
9
16
9
16
9
16
16
16
16
23
16
23
16
23
16
23
23
23
30
23
30
23
30
23
30
30
30
30
30
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
5
3
4
5
6
7
9 10 11 12 13 14
2
August 2015
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
8
1
March 2015
September
2014
September
2014
September
2014
September
2014
September
2014
September
2014
2014
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
September
Su
2014
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
September
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
September
2014
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
1
2
3
4
5
Su Mo
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
1
2
3
4
5
Su
Tu
We
Th
Fr
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
7 1
8 9
9
10
11
12
2 10
3 11
4 12
5
7
8
7
8
9
10
11
12
7
8
9
10
11
12
14
15
16
17
18
19
7
8
9
10
11
12
14
15
16
17
18
19
7
8
9
10
11
12
14
17
18
19
7 15
8 16
9 10
11
12
14
15
16
17
18
19
14
15
16
17
18
19
14
15
16
17
18
19
14
15
16
17
18
19
21
22
23
24
25
26
14
15
16
17
18
19
21
22
23
24
25
26
14 15
15 16
16 17
17 18
18 19
19
21
22
23
24
25
26
14
21
22
23
24
25
26
21
22
23
24
25
21 29
22 30
23 24
24 25
25 26
26
28
21
22
23
26
21
22
23
24
25
26
28
29
30
21
22
23
24
25
26
28
29
30
28
29
30
28 29
29 30
30
28
28
28 29
29 30
30
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
6
Sa
6
Sa
6
6
6
6
6
13
6
13
6
13
6
13
13
13
20
13
20
13
20
13
20
20
20
20
27
20
27
20
27
20
27
27
27
27
27
27
8
1
3
4
5
6
7
9 10 11 12 13 14
2
September 2015
14 29 30 31
13 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
12 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
11
10
8
7
8
6
37
5
9 10 11 12
4
41
40
4
5
6
7
8
1
3
9 10
2
No. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
October 2015
7
8
9
44 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
13-17 September 2014
AFR-IRPA 04.
“Strengthening radiation protection infrastructures for
health and sustainable development in Africa”
Rabat, Morocco
11-13 September 2014
European Conference on Medical Physics (ECMP2014);
Athens, Greece
Hosted by the Hellenic Association of Medical Physics
(HAMP) and the European Federation of Organizations
for Medical Physics (EFOMP)
http://www.efomp-2014.gr/
9-12 September 2014
28th Int'l Congress of Radiology
Dubai, UAE
http://www.icr2014.org/
Physics (ÖGMP)
Zürich, Switzerland
http://www.medphys-kongress.de/
8
1
3
4
5
6
7
9 10 11 12 13 14
2
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
6
Sa
6
Sa
6
6
6
6
6
13
6
13
6
13
6
13
13
13
20
13
20
13
20
13
20
20
20
20
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8
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3
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5
9 10 11 12
2
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51 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
50
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No. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
December 2015
27 28 29 30
26 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
25 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
24
23
March 26-30, 2015
ISEP- AAPM Conference in Iraq in collaboration with
IOMP, the Iraqi Ministry of Health and the Iraqi Medical
Physics Society (IMPS)
4-8 Mar 2015
ECR 2015
Vienna Austria
European Congress of Radiology
http://www.myesr.org
30 Nov - 5 Dec 2014
RSNA Annual Meeting
Chicago USA
Radiological Society of North America
http://rsna.org/
8-15 November 2014
IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging
Conference
Seattle, WA USA
http://nssmic2014.npss-confs.org
asp?Type=Full&Code=5212
49 29 30
48 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
47 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
46
45
No. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
June 2015
December
2014
December
2014
December
2014
December
2014
December
2014
December
2014
2014
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
December
Su
2014
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
December
Su
2014
December
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
2014
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
1
2
3
4
5
Su
Tu
We
Th
Fr
1
2
3
4
5
Su Mo
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
7 1
8 2
9 10
10
11
12
3 11
4 12
5
7
8
9
7
8
9
10
11
12
7
8
9
10
11
12
14
15
16
17
18
19
7
8
9
10
11
12
14
15
16
17
18
19
7
8
9
10
11
12
14
17
18
19
7 15
8 16
9 10
11
12
14
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17
18
19
14
15
16
17
18
19
14
15
16
17
18
19
14
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21
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23
24
25
26
14
15
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18
19
21
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23
24
25
26
14 15
15 16
16 17
17 18
18 19
19
21
22
23
24
25
26
14
21
22
23
24
25
26
21
22
23
24
25
21
22
23
24
25 26
26
28
29
30
31
21
22
23
24
25
26
21
22
23
24
25
26
28
29
30
31
21
22
23
24
25
26
28
29
30
31
28
29
30
31
28 29
29 30
30 31
31
28
28
28 29
29 30
30 31
31
No. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
49
49
No.
49
No.
49
49
49
49
50
49
50
49
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50
50
50
51
50
51
51
50
51
51
51
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52
51
52
51
52
51
52
52
52
1
52
52
1
52
1
1
1
1
1
1
14-17 September 2014
ASTRO 56th Annual Meeting
4-6 September 2014
San Francisco, CA USA
7-12 Jun 2015
Monte Carlo Methods in Radiation Therapy
https://www.astro.org/Meetings-and-Events/2014-Annual World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical
Oxford, UK
-Meeting/Index.aspx
Engineering
http://montecarlo-method-course.weebly.com/
Toronto, Canada
14-17 September 2014
http://www.wc2015.org
4-7 September 2014
Annual Meeting of the German Biophysical Society
8th Int'l Conference on 3D Radiation Dosimetry
(DGfB)
21-27 September 2015
Ystad, Sweden
Lübeck, Germany
The 53rd National SAAPMB Congress (South African
http://ic3ddose.org
http://www.biophysical-congress.de/
Association of Physicist in Medicine and Biology).
Sponsor by the Department of Medical Physics,
7-10 September 2014
22-23 October 2014
University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Joint Conference of the Swiss Society of Radiobiology and British Institute of Radiology Annual Congress
rkc@telkomsa.net
Medical Physics (SGSMP), the German Society of Medical London, U.K.
Physics (DGMP) and the Austrian Society for Medical
https://membersarea.bir.org.uk/multievents/displayEvent.
31 Aug - 3 Sep 2014
EPI2k14 - 13th Int'l Conference on Electronic Patient
Imaging;
Aarhus, Denmark
http://www.epi2k14.dk
20-22 August 2014
2nd Int'l Conference on Medical Physics in Radiation
Oncology and Imaging (ICMPROI-2014)
combined with the 3rd Annual Conference of the
Bangladesh Medical Physics Society (BMPS)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
http://bmps-bd.org/icmproi2014
17-20 August 2014
XIX Congresso Brasileiro de Física Médica
Goiânia, Brazil
http://acquaviva.com.br/CBFM2014/index.asp
6
November 2015
23 31
CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2014 - 2015
20-24 July 2014
AAPM 56th Annual Meeting
Austin, TX USA
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
http://www.aapm.org/meetings
36 30 31
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
5
22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
4
2
18 26 27 28 29 30
3
1
21 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
19
18
20 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
43 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
7
3
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
1
Sa
1
Sa
1
1
1
1
1
8
1
8
1
8
1
8
8
8
8
15
8
15
8
15
15
15
15
15
22
15
22
15
15
22
22
22
22
29
22
29
22
22
29
29
29
29
29
29
17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
40 27 28 29 30
6
2
4
39 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
5
1
36
3
9 10 11
2
May 2015
November
2014
November
2014
November
2014
November
2014
November
2014
November
2014
2014
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
November
Su
2014
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
November
Su
2014
Mo
Tu
We
Th
November
Su
2014
Mo
Tu
We
Th Fr
Fr
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Su
Mo Tu
Tu We
We Th
Th Fr
Fr
Su
Mo
Th
Fr
Su Mo
Mo Tu
We Th
Th Fr
Fr
Su
Tu We
2
3
4
5
6
7
2
3
4
5
6
2 3
3 4
4 5
5 6
6 7
7
2
7
2
3
4
5
6
7
2
3
4
5
6
7
2 10
3 11
4 12
5 13
6 14
7
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
9
10
11
12
13
14
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
10
11
12
13
14
9
10
11
12
13
14
9
10
11
12
13
14
9
10
11
12
13
14
16
17
18
19
20
21
9
10
11
12
13
14
16
17
18
19
20
21
9
16
17
18
19
20
21
9 10
10 11
11 12
12 13
13 14
14
16
17
18
19
20
21
16
17
18
19
20
21
16
17
18
19
20
21
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24
25
26
27
28
16
17
18
19
20
21
23
24
25
26
27
28
16
17
18
19
20
21
16
17
18
19
20
21
23
24
25
26
27
23 24
24 25
25 26
26 27
27 28
28
23
28
23
24
25
26
27
28
23
24
25
26
27
28
30
23
30 24
23
24 25
25 26
26 27
27 28
28
No. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
44
No.
44
No.
44
44
44
44
45
44
45
44
45
44
45
45
45
45
46
45
46
45
46
45
46
46
46
46
47
46
47
46
47
47
47
47
48
47
48
47
47
48
48
48
48
49
48
49
48
2015
16 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
7
8
6
15
5
1
14
34 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
4
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa
4
Sa
4
Sa
4
4
4
4
4
11
4
11
4
11
4
11
11
11
18
11
18
11
18
11
18
18
18
18
25
18
25
18
25
18
25
25
25
25
25
25
35 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
31 26 27 28 29 30 31
3
Fr
Fr
Fr
Fr
Fr
Fr
Fr
3
Fr
3
Fr
3
3
3
3
3
10
3
10
3
10
3
10
10
10
17
10
17
10
17
10
17
17
17
17
24
17
24
17
24
17
24
24
24
31
24
24
31
24
31
31
31
31
31
31
42 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
2
1
April 2015
October
2014
October
2014
October
2014
October
2014
October
2014
October
2014
2014
Mo
Tu
We
Th
October
Su
2014
Mo
Tu
We
Th
October
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
October
2014
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Su
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Su
Mo Tu
Tu We
We
Th
Su
Mo
Th
1
2
Su Mo
Mo Tu
Tu We
We
Th
1
2
Su
Th
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
5
6
7
8
9
1
2
5
6
7
8
9
1
2
5 6
6 7
7 8
8
9
1 9
2
5
5
6
7
8
9
5
6
7
8
9
12
13
14
15
16
5
6
7
8
9
12
13
14
15
16
5
6
7
8
9
12
5 13
6 14
7 15
8 16
9
12
13
14
15
16
12
13
14
15
16
12
13
14
15
16
12
13
14
15
16
19
20
21
22
23
12
13
14
15
16
19 13
20 14
21 15
22 16
23
12
13
14
15
16
19
20
21
22
23
12
19
20
21
22
23
19
20
21
22
23
19
20
21
22
23
26
27
28
29
30
19
20
21
22
23
19
20
21
22
23
26
27
28
29
30
19
20
21
22
23
26
27
28
29
30
26
27
28
29
26 27
27 28
28 29
29 30
30
26
30
26
26 27
27 28
28 29
29 30
30
38 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
30 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
31
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
40
No.
40
No.
40
40
40
40
41
40
41
40
41
40
41
41
41
41
42
41
42
41
42
41
42
42
42
42
43
42
43
43
42
43
43
43
43
44
43
44
43
44
43
44
44
44
44
44
No. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa No. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
36
No.
36
No.
36
36
36
36
36
37
36
37
36
37
37
37
37
37
38
37
38
37
38
37
38
38
38
38
39
38
39
39
38
39
39
39
39
40
39
40
40
39
40
40
40
40
40
40
No. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa No. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
33
4
29 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
3
32
2
9
8
7
6
9 10 11
7
8
6
28
5
1
27
No. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
July 2015
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
9 10
4
7
3
6
8
5
4
3
2
2
1
1
February 2015
Fr
Fr
Fr
Fr
Fr
Fr
Fr
4
Fr
4
Fr
4
4
4
4
4
11
4
11
4
11
4
11
11
11
18
11
18
11
18
11
18
18
18
18
25
18
25
18
25
18
25
25
25
25
25
25
No. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
July
2014
July
2014
July
2014
July
2014
July
2014
July
2014
2014
Tu
We
Th
July
Mo
2014
Tu
We
Th
July
Mo
2014
Tu
We
Th
July
Mo
2014
Tu
We
Th
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Mo
Tu
We
Th
1
2
3
Mo
We
Th
1
2
3
Mo Tu
Tu
We
Th
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
3
7
8
9
10
1
2
3
7
8
9
10
1
2
3
7 8
8
9
10
1 9
2 10
3
7
7
8
9
10
7
8
9
10
14
15
16
17
7
8
9
10
14
15
16
17
7
8
9
10
14
17
7 15
8 16
9 10
14
15
16
17
14
15
16
17
14
15
16
17
14
21
22
23
24
14
15
16
17
21 15
22 16
23 17
24
14
15
16
17
21
22
23
24
14
15
16
17
21
22
23
24
21
22
23
24
21
22
23
24
28
29
30
31
21
22
23
24
28
29
30
31
21
22
23
24
28
29
30
31
21
22
23
24
28
29
30
28 29
29 30
30 31
31
28
31
28
28 29
29 30
30 31
31
January 2015
Su
Su
Su
Su
Su
Su
Su
Su
Su
Su
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
13
13
6
13
6
13
13
13
20
13
20
13
20
13
20
20
20
27
20
27
20
27
20
27
27
27
27
27
27
No. Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
27
No.
27
No.
27
27
27
27
27
28
27
28
27
28
28
28
28
29
28
29
28
29
28
29
29
29
29
30
29
30
29
30
30
30
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30
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31
31
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31
2014
Medical Physics World
eMPW
eMPW
Medical Physics World
Recent Activities of EFOMP
Professional Relations Committee Report
Peter Sharp, EFOMP President
Raymond Wu, PhD, PRC Chair
The issuing of the revised BSS with
its definitions of the role of the
Radiation Protection Expert (RPE)
and the MPE, together with RP174
(European Guidelines on the Medical
Physics Expert), which gives
guidance on its implementation, and
RP175 (Guidelines on Radiation
Protection, Education and Training of
Medical Professionals in the European
Union) has led to much activity
within EFOMP. In early 2014 we
published the revised Policy
Statement 12 “Recommendations on
Medical Physics Education and
Training in Europe 2014” which
incorporates the above guidance. A
working group has recently been set
up to develop the associated curricula,
both for MPE (EQF level 8) and
Qualified Medical Physicist (EQF
level 7).
The EFOMP Board has a number of
concerns over provisions in the new
BSS relating to the MPE and RPE . A
working group was set up under the
EFOMP EU Matters Committee to
look at these concerns and draft a
report for comments by our national
16
member organisations.
Meanwhile we continue with our
series of EFOMP School for Medical
Physics Experts. The second one, in
July, is on “Advanced Kinetic
Modeling and Parametric Methods
Advanced SPECT and PET
Applications in Cardiology,
Neurology and Oncology” and the
third, in January 2015 will be
entitled “Digital mammography and
quality control”. On the professional
side, we are working on
“Recommended Guidelines on the
Role of the Medical Physicist within
the Hospital Governance Board”.
Together with IPEM we are
developing what we hope will be
accepted as a CEN standard on
Medical Physics Services. A working
group of the Scientific Committee has
just produced a draft protocol on
“Quality Control in Digital
Mammography”. We have other
working groups on Cone Beam CT,
Acceptance Testing and Quality
Control of Fluoroscopic and
Interventional systems equipped with
Dynamic Flat Panel Detectors, Safety
in MRI and Guidelines in Digital
Angiography.
We have started a discussion on how
we develop our annual European
Conference in medical Physics. The
intention is to expand it into a larger
congress that might be held
bi-annually. Our next conference is in
Athens from 11-13th September
2014.
We are engaged in a number of
projects. The main one is
EUTEMPE-RX, which aims to create
a network of teaching centres that
will prepare courses to bring the
medical physicist in Diagnostic and
Interventional Radiology to the level
of MPE, and to set up a multi campus
Educational and Training platform.
One issue facing EFOMP is its role in
this project in setting up an
accreditation and examination
process. We are also partners in an EU
project on Diagnostic Reference
Levels for Paediatric Imaging and to
develop a European Network for
Education and Training in Radiation
Protection.
eMPW, Vol.5 (1), 2014
Certification Program Part I, Part II, and
Part III requirements, and to prepare
operation details such as check lists for
evaluation, cost effective methods to do
evaluations, and etc. Another resolution is
to task the Finance committee to
determine how much IMPCB should
charge the 1-time fee when national
organizations apply to join as new regular
members. The BOD accepted the report of
the Nomination and Election Committee
which includes the deadline of July 31st to
IMPCB
present the slate to the BOD. Later in
PRC has worked hard in the past few years May, the BOD adopted the new logo as
for a way to mark the achievements of
shown here.
clinical medical physicists who have
fulfilled the requirements in education and
training as described in Policy Statements
No. 1 and 2. For this goal the
International Medical Physics Certification
Board was formed on May 23rd, 2010. It
took the subsequent two years to write the
By-Laws, create guidelines for
certification, and incorporate to be
recognized as a legal entity. Towards the
HINARI (Programme for Access to
end of last year, the new organization
Research in Health)
elected its first team of officers and board
As mentioned in the article about
(BOD) members. The lists of the
HINARI in the December issue of eMPW,
leadership team and the committee and
The PRC and PC have been working with
subcommittee members are available on
the WHO staff Kimberly to make the web
its official website www.IMPCB.org. The
resources more useful for medical
21 elected office holders held a virtual
physicists. One of the tasks we are
meeting, chaired by Colin Orton in
working on is to recommend several
January, and resolved several important
medical physics scientific journals for
issues on the agenda. The approved
inclusion in HINARI. Currently, there are
minutes may be obtained by addressing
four such journals already included: BMC
the organization directly. Some highlights Medical Physics, Journal of Applied
include the approval to form three
Clinical Medical Physics, Journal of
subcommittees under the Accreditation
Medical Physics (India), and Medical
Committee to be chaired by Tomas Kron. Physics International. These four are easy
The charge is to establish guidelines and
since they are open access journals.
procedures to evaluate national
HINARI has a Publisher Liaison who will
certification programs applying for
do much of the work contacting the
accreditation based on the Model
editors and publishers to make possible
www.IOMP.org
“Group A” medical physicists free access
of full texts of scientific publications while
protecting the business interest of the
publishers. We are inviting suggestions of
scientific journals. Since the last issue of
the eMPW, we have collected a list of
journals to recommend to HINARI for
inclusion. I am listing a few here: Annals
of the ICRP, Australasian Physical &
Engineering Sciences in Medicine, British
Journal of Radiology, European Journal of
Nuclear Medicine, Health Physics,
IJROPB, Journal of Magnetic Resonance
Imaging, Medical Dosimetry, Medical
Physics, Physics in Medicine and Biology,
Radiotherapy Oncology, Technology in
Cancer Research and Treatment, etc.
International Libraries
In the previous issue of eMPW, it was
mentioned that the Curator is continuing
the effort of updating the active libraries
with additional books, and removing from
the list the inactive libraries. Since then a
new library was established in Tallinn,
Estonia. The contact person is Eduard
Gershkevitsh, Ph.D. The books had been
shipped directly from IPEM, UK to him.
Additional shipments are being planned
for contact persons of the active libraries:
Dr Hasin Anupama Azhari of Bangladesh,
Maria Cristina Plazas of Colombia, Dr
Chougule of India, Mohammad Toossi of
Iran, Dr. Wassim Jalbout of Lebanon, Nisa
Chawapun of Thailand, Axel Tibinyane of
Namibia, Dr. Ricardo Contreras of
Guatemala, Prof Ye-cho Huang of China,
and Antonio Almonte of Republica
Dominicana when shipping fund is
available. Some of the book shipments are
already on the way. The Curator is in the
process of establishing a new library
requested by Dr Francis Hasford of Ghana.
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8th European Conference of Medical
Physics (ECMP 2014), 11-13 September
2014 Athens, Greece, Europe
Chair of the 8th ECMP Organizing Committee
Dear Colleagues,
We are inviting you to participate to
the 8th European Conference on
Medical Physics, which will be held in
Athens 11-13 of September 2014. The
conference is organized by the Hellenic
Association of Medical Physicists in
collaboration with EFOMP. It is
accredited as a Continuing Professional
Development (CPD) event for Medical
Physicists, with a maximum of 21
hours. According to the EFOMP
recommendations, this is equivalent to
21 CPD credit-points. IOMP, the
global organization for medical
physicists, has endorsed this event.
The topics selected for the conference
include: Radiation therapy applications (methods and technologies),
medical imaging applications
(ionizing and non ionizing radiation
methods and technologies), medical
informatics (Pacs, modeling, information technology), radiation protection,
monitoring and dose reduction,
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legislation and Standards and finally
education and training. A rather
exciting scientific program is
organized which will cover all the
main areas of Medical Physics. More
than 60 prestigious invited speakers
from all over the world will present
the state-of-the-art subjects in our
field. An substantial number of
international organizations such as
IAEA, ICRP, European Commission,
EFOMP, AAPM and MEFOMP, are
participating with focused symposia
on current research, education and
professional issues. Additionally,
satellite workshops have been
organized (Hands-on training course
on quality assurance and safety in
MRI, BIOMEP 2014, Non-ionizing
radiation workshop) covering special
subjects. For all the above, please visit
the conference’s web site at
www.efomp-2014.gr.
Furthermore, all major vendors are
participating in the technical exhibition and a number of satellite symposia are organized where participants
will have the opportunity to follow the
current technological and commercial
trends.
The abstracts of the conference will be
published as a supplement to Physica
Medica, European Journal of Medical
Physics (EJMP), e-only for Journal
subscribers and registered participants.
After the conference, submitted papers
will be published as full papers in this
journal after peer review process.
EFOMP financial support is provided
for medical physicists at an early stage
of their career and who are members of
a National Member Organization of
EFOMP to participate in the European
Conference of Medical Physics
(ECMP). The value of the award will
be the registration fee to attend the
conference. Travel and subsistence
costs are the responsibility of the
applicant and cannot be funded by
EFOMP. Applications for the award
are handled by the EFOMP Education
& Training Committee
(www.efomp.org). For further details
please contact educationtrainingcommittee@efomp.org
As Athens is the birthplace of classical
Greece, offering some of the best
urban walking routes in Europe, you
will have the opportunity not only to
attend a high-quality scientific
meeting, but also to enjoy a late
summer tour around the city. Furthermore, the Argosaronic islands that are
sprinkled over the Argosaronic Gulf
and are steeped in ancient mythology,
are an ideal destination for a postconference short and quick escape for
those wishing to enjoy natural beauty,
historical treasures, unique architecture and romantic atmosphere.
We hope to see you in Athens in 2014!
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The top 3 reasons why we should celebrate the
International Day of Medical Physics this year
Medical Physics International (MPI)
Contents, www.MPIJournal.org
John Damilakis, Chair, IOMP Education and Training Committee
EDITORIALS
EDITORIAL
Perry Sprawls
EDITORIAL
Slavik Tabakov
HISTORY AND HERITAGE
A HISTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MEDICAL PHYSICS – 50 YEARS
ANNIVERSARY – PART I
Azam Niroomand-Rad, Colin Orton, Peter Smith, and Slavik Tabakov
IOMP PROFESSIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
THE HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, AND REALISATION OF MEDICAL RADIATION PHYSICS
EDUCATION IN SWEDEN
Bo-Anders Jönsson
A STUDY WITH EUROPEAN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES ON MEDICAL RADIATION
PROTECTION EDUCATION AND TRAINING
J. Damilakis, G. Paulo, S. Christofides
MEDICAL PHYSICS ORGANISATIONS
MEDICAL PHYSICS IN CANADA
Ervin B. Podgorsak
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
PHYSICS EDUCATION FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF MRI CLINICAL PROCEDURES:
VISUALIZING THE INVISIBLE AND COLLABORATIVE TEACHING
P. Sprawls
MEDICAL PHYSICS THESAURUS AND INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY
S Tabakov, V Tabakova, M Stoeva, A. Cvetkov , F Milano, S-E Strand, J-Y Giraud, C Lewis
PRACTICAL AND APPLIED MEDICAL PHYSICS
A SIMPLIFIED TOOL FOR CALCULATING SIZE-SPECIFIC DOSE ESTIMATES FOR COMPUTED
TOMOGRAPHY
G. David
INNOVATIONS
ITERATIVE MODEL RECONSTRUCTION: SIMULTANEOUSLY LOWERED COMPUTED
TOMOGRAPHY RADIATION DOSE AND IMPROVED IMAGE QUALITY
D. Mehta, R. Thompson, T. Morton, A. Dhanantwari, E. Shefer
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ICTP: A MEDICAL PHYSICS TRAINING OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG PHYSICISTS FROM
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
L. Bertocchi, R. Padovani, R. Longo, M. De Denaro
PhD ABSTRACTS
STUDY OF DOSIMETRIC AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF A NEWLY DEVELOPED THERMOBRACHYTHERAPY SEED FOR TREATMENT OF SOLID TUMORS
Bhoj Gautam
EVALUATION OF DOSIMETRIC PARAMETERS OF GZP6 HDR BRACHYTHERAPY UNIT BY
MONTE CARLO SIMULATION, TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEM, RADIOCHROMIC FILM
AND THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY
M. Ghorbani
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HISTORY AND HERITAGE
A HISTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MEDICAL PHYSICS – 50 YEARS
ANNIVERSARY – PART II
Azam Niroomand-Rad, Colin Orton, Peter Smith, and Slavik Tabakov
IOMP PROFESSIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
PILOT IMPLEMENTATION OF EMERALD TRAINING MODULES IN BRAZIL
P.R. Costa, S. Tabakov, E.M. Yoshimura, E. Okuno, D. Y. Nersissian, R.A. Terini
EDUCATION OF MEDICAL PHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AT GONO
UNIVERSITY IN BANGLADESH
Azhari H. A., Zakaria G. A., Hartmann G. H.
MEDICAL PHYSICS ORGANISATIONS
IOMP PROJECT SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL PHYSICS IN AFRICA IN
COLLABORATION WITH IAEA & WHO
On behalf of the IOMP Working Group for MP development in Africa: S. Tabakov
THE ROLE OF HEALTH MANAGERS IN PROMOTING MEDICAL PHYSICISTS IN AFRICA
Nakatudde, R., Ige, T., Ibn Seddik, A., El-Shahat, K.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
VISUAL DEMONSTRATIONS OF MEDICAL PHYSICS CONCEPTS FOR DIAGNOSTIC
RADIOLOGY RESIDENT EDUCATION
I. Sechopoulos
OPTIMIZING MEDICAL IMAGE CONTRAST, DETAIL AND NOISE IN THE DIGITAL ERA
P. Sprawls
PRACTICAL AND APPLIED MEDICAL PHYSICS
CLINICAL COMPARISON OF DENSITY CORRECTION METHODS ASSOCIATED WITH PENCIL
BEAM CONVOLUTION ALGORITHM FOR CLINICAL SITUATIONS
Abdulhamid Chaikh, Jean-Yves Giraud, Jacques Balosso
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW DEVICE FOR THE INTEGRAL MEASUREMENT
OF TOTAL SOURCE-ON TIME FOR A HIGH DOSE RATE (HDR) REMOTE AFTER LOADING
TREATMENT UNIT
E. I. Parsai, S. J. Ye, S. Tanny
INNOVATIONS
A REVIEW OF DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS
I. Reiser and I. Sechopoulos
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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and draw attention of the media to the institution and ask them to hire
important role that medical physics
medical physicists for quality
play in the health care system in
assurance, radiation protection and
general and especially in medical
optimization of imaging procedures.
imaging.
3. Reason #3. Attract the best
2. Reason #2. Inform the health
students to ‘Physics of Medical
services managers. Without a
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clinically qualified medical physicist,
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From the Awards and Honours Committee
AFOMP Activity in the Last Six Months
Tomas Kron, Chair Awards and Honours Committee
Howell Round, Secretary General AFOMP
The main objective of awards is to
recognise publically the significant
achievements of a person or a group.
They often express gratitude for
supporting the objectives of an
organisation and as such implicitly
promote both the awardee and the
objectives of the organisation giving
the award. This is similar within
IOMP and the Awards and Honours
Committee is discussing ways how
we can acknowledge all the persons
who have supported IOMP over the
years.
This must include persons from other
professions and we did not have an
appropriate means to recognise these
people. In recognition of this issue
the AHC is proposing a new award
for persons who have contributed
significantly to the objectives of
IOMP without actually practicing as
a medical physicists themselves.
What better way to recognise these
individuals than making them
‘honorary medical physicists’ or more
explicitly ‘Honorary Member of
IOMP’ or MIOMP(Hon) for short.
As such, the AHC is proposing to
MIOMP(Hon) as an award that
recognises significant contributions
to the objectives of IOMB by persons
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who are not Medical Physicists
themselves. It is anticipated that the
award would be given at the Medical
Physics and Biomedical Engineering
World Congress and announced in
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In addition to this new recognition
we are delighted to call for
nominations form the two existing
highest honours within IOMP: The
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award and
The Harold Johns Medal.
The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award
was established to honour scientists
who have distinguished themselves
by their contributions in 1.
Education and training of medical
physicists, medical students, medical
residents, and allied health personnel;
and/or 2. Advancement of medical
physics knowledge based upon
independent original research and/or
development; and/or 3. Advancement
of the medical physics profession in
the IOMP adhering national and
international organizations.
The Harold Johns Medal honours
scientists who have distinguished
themselves through excellence in
teaching and contributions to
international education.
Both awards are given triennially at
the World Congress on Medical
Physics and Biomedical Engineering,
the next being in Toronto, June
7-12, 2015. Nominations should be
made – preferably through IOMP’s
regional organisations or its officers –
to the Chair of the IOMP Awards
and Honours Committee by the
International Day of Medical Physics,
November 7, 2014. Nominations
should include supporting material
such as a curriculum vitae and a
statement supporting the
nomination.
Finally, this gives me an opportunity
to remind everyone of the IUPAP
Young Scientist Award in Medical
Physics 2014. The award which was
established by the International
Union of Pure and Applied Physics
recognises original and/or applied
work of outstanding scientific quality
in medical physics by a younger
member of our profession. Details on
the IOMP webpage.
As always, please do not hesitate to
contact any member of the AHC for
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Progress has been made in extending
AFOMPs outreach to include more
medical physicists in our region. In three
countries: Bangladesh, Malaysia and
Pakistan, there is more than one
professional association that represents
their medical physicists. This has caused
complications in the past as only one
association from each country is allowed to
be a member of IOMP and AFOMP.
However, the AFOMP rules allow the
non-represented organizations to become
affiliate members. Such associations cannot
hold office in AFOMP and are not allowed
to vote on AFOMP Council resolutions. So
they essentially have an observer status.
The Bangladesh Medical Physics Society,
the Malaysian Association of Medical
Physics and the Pakistan Organization for
Medical Physics have all become affiliate
members in the last few months. In each
case, the pre-existing medical physics
association in each of these countries voted
in favour of the second organization being
an affiliate.
To further extend our outreach, we have
been in contact with medical physicists
from Myanmar, Cambodia and
Afghanistan. In these countries there are
far too few medical physicists to form a
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national medical physics association.
We recognise that they are working with
little support and it is important that we
are in contact with them so that we can
offer to help develop the profession in
their respective countries. Currently, only
companies and national organizations can
be members of AFOMP, but in these
countries there are far too few medical
physicists to form a national medical
physics association. A remit will be put to
AFOMP’s Council at its annual general
meeting in Ho Chi Minh City in October
to institute another membership category:
individual membership. This will only be
available to physicists in countries where
there is no medical physics association.
The members will have no voting rights
but they will not pay a subscription. This
will allow us to stay in contact with them
and keep them informed of developments
in our region.
We are pleased to see our Newsletter is
now being published again thanks to the
dedicated work of Arun Chougule from
India. The Newsletter can be accessed at
AFOMP’s web site (www.afomp.org)
which may have been renewed and made
more modern looking by the time you
read this. Tae Suk Suh has been
instrumental in making this happen.
Please mark in your diary that October
23-25, 2014 are the dates when AFOMP
and the South East Asian federation of
Organizations for Medical Physics will
jointly be holding their annual conference.
This time it is in Ho Chi Minh City for
the first time. The conference has always
been a success with consistently larger
numbers of delegates attending.
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FAMPO Second General Assembly in
Accra, Ghana – a Short Report
Taofeeq A. Ige, Secretary General, FAMPO
specifically targeted at enhancing the
Education and Training of the Medical
Physicists in the Continent. UICC request
for FAMPO to be one of her members
which he wanted the assembly to discuss
and that the Federation has been named as
a Joint Organiser of the AFRIRPA04
coming up in Rabat (Morocco) in
September 2014. He concluded by
reiterating the fact that FAMPO is open to
all Medical Physicists in Africa and
thanked all the participants and
personalities present for the second general
assembly of the Federation.
The minutes of the last meeting and the
The second general assembly of FAMPO
first General assembly in Kampala
on the sideline of the AFROG VII came
(Uganda) in 2012 were read and adopted
up in Accra, Ghana on Friday 11th April, and the matters arising from the minutes
2014 (commenced at 1.40 pm).
were quickly discussed. Thereafter the
The meeting has participants from 14
reports of the 3 (three) committees on
countries - Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt,
Education & Training, Professional
Ghana (host country), Kenya, Madagascar, Relations and Science were read and the
Morocco, Nigeria, Sudan, Tunisia,
need to replace the Chairman of E&T –
Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania,
Dr. Willem Groenewald – who had earlier
Zambia, Zimbabwe - and was highly
in the year voluntarily resigned the post
honoured to equally have the presence of
was mentioned. Dr. Ehab Attalla (Chair,
the immediate Past President of the IOMP Science Committee) mentioned the efforts
(Prof. Fridtjof Nuesslin) and Dr. Ahmed
to initiate a pan-African e-journal of the
Meghzifene of the IAEA.
Federation and solicit cooperation and
In the opening remarks by the President of contributions of good scientific materials
the Federation – Ahmed Ibn Seddik – he from the members. Dr. Mounir Besbes
thanked the IOMP and the IAEA for their (PRC Chair) also promised to improve on
continuous support. He mentioned some
the work and the visibility of his
of the activities that FAMPO have done
committee.
under his leadership which include among Some of the other activities that FAMPO
others – good representation with
participated since the last meeting were
schorlarly scientific presentation at the
further highlighted – the IOMP World
AFRIRPA in Nairobi (Kenya), IRPA in
Congress in Beijing, the various task force
Glasgow (Scotland), ICMP in Brighton
meetings (TFM’s) under the auspices of the
(UK) and the GI_RSCHS in Geneva
IAEA that produced the 3 earlier
(Switzerland) at the kind invitation of the mentioned publications (Prof. Debbie van
WHO. FAMPO endorsed the 3 (three)
der Merwe’s hardwork on this together
publications from the IAEA that were
with the other regional representatives
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were acknowledged) and the Workshop to
review the status of implementation of the
IAEA clinical training guides through the
Agency’s Inter-Regional Project on
Strengthening Medical Physics in
Radiation Medicine (INT/6/054). Ways to
enhance the recognition of Medical Physics
as a profession in the continent and the
IOMP proposed workplan put together by
Prof. Slavik Tabakov were also mentioned
as well as the modalities for funds
generation to run the affairs and activities
of the Federation.
Article 11 (2.1 – 2.4) of the FAMPO’s
Constitution with respect to the tenure of
the ExCo was also discussed and the
suggestion was to presently suspend that
constitutional provision for at least two
more years by which time the Federation is
anticipated to have become more viable
with respect to the necessary structures
and some minimal funding capabilities.
The President and the Secretary-General
informed the house that they will be
stepping down at the next general
assembly of the Federation.
Goodwill messages were delivered by Prof.
Fridtjof Nuesslin of the IOMP and Dr.
Ahmed Meghzifene of the IAEA. Dues
from the NMO’s (National Member
Organisations) were collected to the tune
of $1,450 (One thousand four hundred and
fifty dollars) which was later handed over
to Prof. Nuesslin in line with some
discussion at the ICMP meeting in
Brighton with respect to IOMP assisting
with temporary safe custody of FAMPO’s
account . Proceedings of this meeting and
the other details are available on the
Federation’s website –
www.federation-fampo.org . The meeting
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organizations are developing. It is
fascinating to learn about the wide
ranging actions of the Education and
the Scientific Committee of FAMPO.
Also several national activities in the
African Region are remarkable. For
instance, it is quite surprising to note
the successful implementation of a
MSc-Program in Medical Physics in
Ghana (see Appendix). However,
many African countries suffering
from the limited financial and
staffing resources still need
engagement of the international
community to establish sustainable
infrastructure for science and
educational programs. In this
context, the essential support by the
IAEA is a most valuable and efficient
activity.
Of course collaboration of IOMP and
FAMPO with AFROG matches
perfectly the important long term
initiative of the IOMP to advance
Medical Physics in Africa (see
S.Tabakov, “IOMP PROJECT
SUPPORTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL
PHYSICS IN AFRICA”,
Med.Phys.International 2013). In
fact, the IOMP, particularly the
Working Group on Medical Physics
in Africa, FAMPO and the
internationally operating
organizations like the IAEA and the
WHO are facing enormous
challenges indeed. 
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Appendix:
Ghana Society for Medical Physics
– Master Program Medical Physics
(from Cyril Schandorf)
MASTER OF PHYLOSOPHY
(M.PHIL) IN MEDICAL PHYSICS
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
i. The minimum qualification for this
programme is a good first degree (at least
a second class lower division) in Physics
from any approved University.
ii. A candidate who does not satisfy the
requirement in an appropriate field of
study as above but is otherwise adjudged
suitable by virtue of appropriate
experience will be considered.
YEAR 1. COURSE CODE COURSE
TITLE CREDITS
MPHY 601: Selected topics in Anatomy,
Physiology and Chemistry 4
MPHY 605: Radiation Physics 2
MPHY 607: Radiobiology and
Radiation Protection 3
MPHY 609: Electronics,
Instrumentation, Signal Analysis,
Imaging and Display 3
NSAP 613 Research Methods and
Scientific Communications 2
MPHY 611: Dosimetry for Photon and
Electron Beams 4
MPHY 613: Practicals in Radiation
Dosimetry 3
MPHY 615:Practicals in Radiotherapy 3
MPHY 602: Ultrasonics, Theory,
Instrumentation and Practice 2MPHY
604: NMR Spectroscopy and Imaging 3
MPHY 606: X-Rays and Diagnostic
Radiology 3MPHY 608: Nuclear
Medicine 3
MPHY 612: Radiotherapy 4
MPHY 614: Applications of Digital
Computers, Lasers And
Ultraviolet radiation in Medicine, 2
MPHY610: Seminar 1 3
SNAS 602:Nuclear Law & Legislation 2
SNAS 604 Quality Management in
Testing Laboratories 3
MPHY 613 AND MPHY 615 are
Inter-Semester break practicals
YEAR 2. COURSE CODE COURSE
TITLE CREDITS
MPHY 600: Thesis 30
MPHY620: Seminar 2 3
MPHY 630: Clinical Practice in
Radiotherapy, Diagnostic Radiology
and Nuclear Medicine at the Hospital 4
Total Credits in year 1: (including
practicals) 46
Total Credits in year 2: (including
practicals) 37
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AFROG VII – Conference of the African
Radiation Oncology Group
DONATION OF USED EQUIPMENT – PRC
REPORT FOR Jan-Jun 2014
Fridtjof Nuesslin
Mohammed K. Zaidi, Program Manager, IOMP PRC
Past President IOMP
As layed down in its Constitution the
objectives of the AFROG among
others are promoting (i) the
professions dealing with radiation
oncology on the African continent,
(ii) the co-operation and
communication, (iii) the practices
related to Radiation Oncology and
Medical Physics within the region,
(iv) the training of professionals in
Radiation Oncology and Medical
Physics, and (v) research &
development in Radiation Oncology,
Medical Physics and Radiation
Therapy techniques and practice.
Membership of AFROG includes
Radiation Oncologists, Medical
Physicists and Radiation Therapy
Technologists, Engineers and
Technicians. Good reason for IOMP
with its focus on Africa to engage
with AFROG. There is already a
close link between AFROG and the
IOMP Regional Organization
FAMPO which as co-organizer is yet
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well represented in all AFROG
conferences (e.g. invited speakers,
topical sessions on medical physics
subjects, incorporation of FAMPO
Council meeting).
The AFROG-Conferences are
traditionally organized in
collaboration with the IAEA. The
AFROG-VII was hosted by Dr. Joel
Yearney, National Centre for
Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine,
Korle-Bu Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
The thematic guideline of the
program (10 to 11 April 2014) was
Improving Quality of Life of Cancer
Patients through Innovative
Treatment. Sessions on Innovative
Treatment, Access to Cancer
Treatment, and Palliative Care were
included. Additional sessions with
proffered papers from radiation
Oncology and Medical Physics were
organized, mainly presented by
speakers from Africa (Egypt,
Tanzania, Nigeria, Morocco,
Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Ghana,
Uganda, Malawi). The conference
was attended by about 100 delegates.
Anticipating a separate report from
FAMPO later, here just a brief
information on Medical Physics in
Ghana as I could pick up from
discussions at the tea-breaks and of
course the wonderful pool party at
the conference hotel. Particularly, I
am grateful to Dr.Cyril Schandorf
who kindly provided me with some
material. He expressed clear wishes
for a closer cooperation of the Ghana
Society for Medical Physics (GSMP)
with IOMP and FAMPO in
performing the already established
Ghana Medical Physics Education &
Training Program. I am citing from
his recent email-response:
The collaborating Institutions for
Medical Physics programme are:
Ghana Atomic Energy Commission;
School of Nuclear and Allied
Sciences, University of Ghana, The
Two teaching Hospitals in Ghana
and Sweden Ghana medical Centre
Ltd.in collaboration with IAEA. The
degree is awarded by the University.
The two years MPhil Medical Physics
programme started in 2006.
Statistics of Students who have
graduated : 2006- 2012 ,24 have
graduated ; 2012/2013 intake 11 ;
2013/14 intake 13.
The Ghana Society for Medical
Physics(GSMP) is also active and has
been able to get Medical Physics
recognized as part of the Allied
Health Professions under the Allied
Health professional Council of Ghana
governed by the Health Professions
Regulatory ACT, Act 857 of 2013.
Under this Act we are working on
Medical Physics practice regulatory
standards , code of ethics etc.
The Society celebrated the
International Day of Medical Physics
for 2013.
The Modalities for the certification
of Qualified Medical Physicists is
being pursued by the GSMP , and
Allied Health professional Council of
Ghana.
During the AFROG and particularly
the FAMPO Council meeting I was
impressed how well FAMPO and 
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Mr. Martin Mukosai, Clinical
Radiographer Technologist, Mwandi
Mission Hospital, Livingstone, Zambia
requested for some technical publications
to pusure for a master’s degree in
Sonography. Seeing the need, I purchased
these five books on Ultrasound techniques.
There titles are: Emergency Ultrasound,
Emergency Ultrasound Made Easy,
Essentials Sonography Patient Care,
Sonography, and Ultrasonography
Examinations. They were shipped to
Zambia and it took four months to reach
there. Mr. Mukosai wrote: I am so grateful
for the books that just a year from now you
can see myself acquired with knowledge
and skills in Echocardiography and
Vascular Sonography practices. They are
helpful so far and very informative,
educative and many more.
“Medical sonography as a branch of
diagnostic medicine imaging, make use of
non-ionizing ultrasound to produce
images of the body. Sonography has
become a valuable diagnostic tool as it is:
widely available, non-invasive, risk free,
easily accessed and less expensive than
other options such as MRI or CT scans.
The sonography study materials received
would be very helpful in the improvement
of examination / imaging of most body
tumors and cancerous related conditions.
Female breast and pelvis are the mostly
affected with benign and cancerous
tumors.
Hence sonography examinations will play
a pivoted role in the differentiation of
these two conditions. In addition, masses
in males either prostate cancer or scrotal
non-cancerous condition will be easily
differentiated sonographically.
AIDS patients present with a wide
spectrum of clinical manifestations
involving the body organs. The detection
and evaluation of potential treatable
conditions in AIDS, management and
follow ups are mostly to be enhanced as
result of improved practice skills and
knowledge gained from the study
materials. Ultimately, it is with sincere
acknowledgments for the donation of a
gift of such magnitude and a rare
opportunity. Every use on the books will
count as gain on improved health care
service provision. Thank you so much.
Other requested items are: an Ultrasound
machine, a laptop computer, gamma
camera, well counter, and a dose calibrator
for nuclear medicine. If someone can
donate used books, journal or equipment –
it will meet his present needs.
The UE donated in this period were older
than 10 years so none of the donations
offered were accepted and we are looking
forward that the donors should come with
useable UE which should be less than 10
year old.
The equipment donated to IOMP Used
Equipment Donation Program is in good
working condition but we don’t guarantee
its usefulness. The donations of used
equipment to IOMP are sometime tax
deductible. IOMP will not be responsible
for any warehousing expenses or loss if the
used equipment donated to IOMP
couldn’t be shipped. If you want to donate,
or want specific used equipment donated
to your organization, please contact the
IOMP PRC UEDP Manager. For more
information, please visit www.iomp.org or
email zaidimk@gmail.com.
Another Successful Event for the Radiation Protection Society
Magdalena Stoeva, Associate Editor, MPW
The International Conference on Radiation
Protection in Medicine took place for a
second time in the charming Riviera
Resort, Bulgaria.
The motto of the conference was “Facing
increasing challenges”, and the RP
professional society did face them.
www.IOMP.org
The number of scientiffic papers & posters
exceeeded 250, similar was the number of
participants - presenting educational
institutions, hospitals, officials from
national and international organizations
from all over the world.
Being one of the leading partners, IOMP
took an active part in the conference,
providing organizational support,
scientiffic and practical advice, chairing
many of the sessions.
The success of the conference proved the
need for a specialized forum where RP
professionals share their experience, discuss
the professional and scientiffic challenges,
exchange ideas and plan for the future.
The RP professionals gathered and faced
their challengegs. Now it the time to
dissiminate this valuable information
among our collleagues. ... And meet again
in 4 years time to share experience and face
our new challenges.
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MEFOMP Activities during the last 6 months
From Secretary General desk
Ibrahim Duhaini, President of MEFOMP
Madan M Rehani, PhD, European Society of Radiology
School receives technical support from
the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA), and the World Council
on Isotopes. Previous RT Schools have
been run in cooperation with Australian
Nuclear Science and Technology
Organization (ANSTO) and with the
Association of Imaging Producers
Suppliers (AIPES). The first two RT
Schools have been held in Seoul, Korea
and this is the first time that the WNU
is bringing out the school to other
countries – this time, in Qatar. 60
candidates from more than 20 countries
participated in the conference. 7
During the last six months, MEFOMP mentors and 6 key internationally
countries have participated in many
recognized personnel in the field of
activities throughout its territories
radiation were invited speakers.
some of which are listed below:
The RT School is a two-week program
that aims to:
1. Qatar
• Provide selected participants with
The 3rd Radiation Technologies School broad understanding and new horizons
was held from 7-20 March 2014 in
in the areas of radioisotopes and
Doha, Qatar. The course is being hosted radiation technologies.
and co-organized by Hamad Medical
• Familiarize participants with the
Corporation (HMC) and Qatar Univer- main issues encountered by practitiosity and the World Nuclear University. ners in the field.
The WNU RT School is organized by
• Provide opportunities for participants
the WNU Coordinating Centre in
to develop a worldwide network of
London and in association with leading contacts of unique value to their current
institutes of nuclear learning. The RT
and long-term careers
2. Iraq
The below report was sent by Dr.
Nabaa Naji, IMPS President:
The Iraqi Medical Physics Society
(IMPS) worked in coordination with
the Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy
hospital in Baghdad to train the
graduated students in medical physics
master program.
The IMPS worked on changing the
Master Program Curriculum to be
matched with the AAPM standards.
The final approval of Mustansiriya
University depends on the new curriculum for the next academic year.
The IMPS expanded by joining new
medical physicists from inside and
outside Iraq.
Currently IMPS is working with the
AAPM and IOPM to complete the
requirement of conducting the ISEP,
which is proposed to be held in
Iraq/Erbil on March 26-30, 2015. the
work in the last few months were
focused on obtaining the Iraqi MOH
approval to sponsor part of the ISEP as
well the sponsorship of the IMC.
3. Bahrain
The below report was sent by Dr. Lama
information about IOMP support is
available at
http://www.iomp.org/?q=node/101.
You are encouraged to utilize
opportunity of IOMP endorsement or
sponsorship in accordance with norms.
In 2013, IOMP established IOMP
fellowship. First batch of Fellows of
IOMP were awarded in International
Conference on Medical Physics (ICMP)
held in Brighton 1-4 Sept 2013.
Guidelines for FIOMP are available at
http://www.iomp.org/sites/default/files/
fellow-of-iomp-guidelines.pdf
The preparations for the World
Congress (wc2015.org) which will be
held on 7-12 June 2015 in Toronto
have begun. Paper submission will open
in September 2014. Submission
deadline will be in January 2015.
Further details including submission
guidelines and categories will be
available in July 2014 itself. Please
keep a watch on the conference website.
We are planning to have two meetings
of ExCom (one with old ExCom and
another with new), two meetings of
Council combined with General
Assembly, meetings with IAEA, WHO,
regional organizations, AAPM and
meetings of each committee of IOMP.
There will be Presidential Reception
where awards other than Marie Curie
and Harold medal shall be presented.
Major awards shall be presented during
opening of the conference.
IOMP has already sponsored or
endorsed 7 scientific events in 2014. If
more applications are received, they
will be dealt with expeditiously. The
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www.IOMP.org
To recognise significant contributions
to the objectives of IOMP by persons
who are not practicing Medical
Physicists themselves, the IOMP
Awards and Honours Committee has
now prepared guidelines that are being
debated within ExCom. This follows
decision taken by the IOMP Council in
its meeting in wc2012 at Beijing, in
which the award was agreed in
principle. The guidelines will be
submitted to IOMP Council soon.
The extended deadline for submission
of bids to host 21st International
Conference on Medical Physics was over
on 30th May. Two bids were received
till 30th May and one on 31st May. The
recommendations of the review
committee shall be submitted to the
Council for voting in coming weeks.
There has been regular and timely
release of electronic Medical Physics
World (eMPW) and Medical Physics
International journal. Please see
respective reports to have more
information or visit IOMP website
where all issues are available for free
download. The reports of each
Committee of IOMP are also available
in issues of eMPW.
You are encouraged to visit page of
International Day of Medical Physics
(IDMP), which is being celebrated in
many countries on 7th November
2014.
We wish to have your participation in
various activities of IOMP. Please feel
free to write to me at
sg.iomp@gmail.com. 
IOMP NMO 2014
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country, a regulator advocating the
former used the speed limit in the
traffic ordinance as a justifying
argument. His logic was that radiation
shielding should be controlled in the
same manner as speeding on the road.
He emphasized that radiation risk
would become unacceptable when a
time averaged dose rate limit was used
because this would allow a high dose
rate for a short period of time. This
indicates that some regulators do not
really understand the principles
behind dose limit and health effect of
radiation at this low dose level. The
implementation of excessive stringent
radiation shielding requirements in
some countries can only jack up the
cost of radiation medicine in these
countries unnecessarily. Room
shielding is much more demanding if
instantaneous dose rate limit is used as
a shielding design condition. In such
eMPW
case, parameters such as workload,
duty cycle, use factor, and occupancy
factor are not taken into account in the
shielding calculations, and this would
lead to a significantly increase in room
shielding cost. This is inappropriate
application of the ALARA principle in
radiation protection and is a failure in
optimizing the use of resources in
healthcare. It is interesting to notice
that countries that have the most
stringent shielding requirements are
not the most developed countries.
The concept and principles of
radiation protection should be put to
the right perspective and correctly
applied in healthcare. International
standards and guidelines on radiation
safety are published by IAEA in
International Basic Safety Standards
and in related IAEA guidance
documents. Application of sound
professional judgment and proper
optimization in the use of radiation
resources in healthcare, especially in
resource limited countries, is essential
for optimum patient benefits. This
goal is possible only if correct
interpretation and application of the
radiation protection principles is
exercised by both legislators and
radiation users in the clinics. While
appropriate training for all relevant
regulatory and healthcare professionals
is important, a good dialogue and
collaboration between medical
physicists, health physicists and
regulators can help formulating the
appropriate adaptation of the
International Basic Safety Standards in
healthcare. IOMP in collaboration
with IAEA, WHO, IRPA, and its
national member organizations will
have an important role to play on this
issue. 
IOMP Female in Medical Physics Group
Magdalena Stoeva, Associate Chair, IOMP Female Group
Medical Physics is among the fastest
progressing scientiffic and practical
areas. Historically women played an
important role in the field of physics,
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contributing to some of the leading
achievements in the area. IOMP is
working towards strangthening the
role of the females in our professional
society. A step towards achieving this
is the formation of IOMP Female
group.
The IOMP Female Group’s objective is
in compliance with the main IOMP
mission and directive directives to
advance medical physics practice
worldwide by disseminating scientific
and technical information, fostering
the educational and professional
development of medical physicists,
and promoting the highest quality
medical services for patients.
IOMP Female Group functions are
directed towards:
- Development, implementation and
coordination of tasks and projects
related to the role of females in
medical physics scientific, educational
and practical aspects.
- Dissemination of the experiences,
good practices and learning within
IOMP NMOs and other relevant
accessible areas/across the globe.
- Popularizing the role of the women
in medical physics and encouraging
female medical physicist to advance in
the profession.
- Organizing international cooperation
in medical physics and related specialities.
- Providing regular status/progress
updates to the IOMP on all tasks and
projects related to the IOMP Female
Group. 
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eMPW
Sakhnini, BSMPBE President:
The Bahrain Society of Medical Physics
and Bio-Engineering (BSMPBE) were
formally founded in 2008 with 21
members that included physicists,
medical physicists, radiologists and
bio-engineers. At present it counts with
approximately 50 members, of whom
some are full members and others are
students. Students pay fees that are one
half those of the full members.
The Society has a large diversity of
activities, that include social meetings,
technical and general workshops and
exhibits. The Society has recently
applied a bid to host International
Conference on Medical Physics, ICMP
2016 on behalf of the International
Organization for Medical Physics
(IOMP). Additionally, we take care of
the National contest of experiments
designed by high-school students.
Our Page at facebook is (Bahrain
Society of Medical Physics and
Bio-engineering), and we invite
professionals and public to consult it.
Questions can also be sent to
medicalphysics.bh@gmail.com.
The board members are:
Lama Sakhnini, PhD, President
Khalid Alsheikh, MD, MSc, Vice
President
Sadeq Al Alawi, PhD, Secretary
Khalil Ibrahim, PhD, Treasurer
Hahan Albuflasa, PhD, Public
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Medical Physics World
Relation Officer.
Muneera Khamis, MSc, Social
Committee
Habib Ashoor, PhD, Scientific
Committee
29th 2014, National NGO's Support
Center, Tubli: The workshop provided
exposure to a variety of current topics
in the field of medical physics and
related fields, and it is aimed to
introduce Medical Physics to the public
BSMPBE has a successful year in 2014. in an exciting and a fun way.
Several activities were carried out
c. Come and Have Fun with Your Kid
during the year. These include the
at The Physics Amusement Park, June
following board meetings and members 19th, 2014.
meeting:
d. The society was able to carry out its
Board Meetings:
activities successfully mainly because
a. March 25th, 2014: A board meeting the members were very helpful. On
with the councilor from the Ministry of behalf of the society I would like to
Social Development to discuss the
thank our former president Dr. Aysha
activities and financing of the society, at Bu Onoq for her Support and guidance.
the Ministry of Social Development
I would also like to welcome the new
offices.
board members. I feel confident that
b. April 3rd, 2014: Board meeting at
our society will become even more
The Bahrain Science Center, to discuss active and benefit from the unlimited
future activities.
enthusiasm of its members.
c. April 16th, 2014: Board Meeting
was hosted by Dr. Lama Sakhnini,
4. Lebanon
President of the society, to discuss the
The Lebanese Association Medical
possibility to host the International
Physics (LAMP) conducted its regular
Conference on Medical Physics, ICMP
meeting on February 7, 2014 in Beirut.
2016, and the decision was in favour.
The meeting discuses new opportuniGeneral Activities:
ties for establishing a Master Program
a. General Meeting for Members, April in Medical Physics in one of the local
16th 2014, National NGO's Support
universities. Also, LAMP welcomed
Center, Tubli: A meeting was hosted
new members onboard.
by the Society board to welcome all
It is worth mentioning that a new
new and old members. Dinner and
Radiotherapy Department has been
refreshments were served to members.
established and opened on April 2014
b. Medical Physics Workshop, May
in the South of Lebanon. The first
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Center ever opens in this Area which
covers 30 % of the population there.
The center is opened in Nabih Berry
Governmental University Hospital in
coordination with the Radiation
Oncology Department at the American
University Medical Center and the
Radiation Expert Group professionals.
5. United Arab Emirates
The below report is a summary from
the Arab Health:
The Arab health was conducted this
year on January 26-28, 2014.
The 39th edition of Arab Health
welcomed a record-breaking amount of
delegates, visitors, speakers, sponsors,
and exhibitors.
Arab Health 2014 increased its size
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with an extra 6,000m2 of exhibition
space hosting an additional 400
exhibitors. Visitor and delegate numbers were also up by a staggering 12%.
The new Training Village, introduced
for the first time at Arab Health 2014,
successfully hosted a number of
exhibitor workshops and on-stand
demonstrations on the show floor,
enhancing Informa’s philosophy of
‘exhibition with education’.
Arab Health Congress 2014 welcomed
a record-breaking 10,930 delegates,
which represented an impressive 37%
increase from last year. The 39th
edition of the congress presented 19
conferences, offering unmatched
continuing medical education opportunities to professionals from all healthcare specialties.
The Congress featured several new
conferences that received an incredibly
warm welcome:
‘Emerging Diseases of Public Health:
Strategies and Interventions’ was
developed together with the Public
Health and Safety Department of Dubai
Health Authority (DHA), aiming to
contribute to the improvement of
public health in the UAE and the
surrounding region. ‘The Mock Civil
Trial: Medical Malpractice in UAE’
gave participants a unique insight into
the difficulties that physicians and their
employers can face when civil litigation
is brought before them.
6. Kuwait
The below report was sent by Dr.
Hanan Al-Dousari:
The 5th Kuwait Medica Conference and
Exhibition took place in Crown Plaza
Hotel in Kuwait City from 18- 20
March 2014.
During that conference a Nuclear
Medicine & PET-CT Workshop was
organized by the Kuwait Nuclear
Medicine Society and Radiation Expert
Group.
The objectives of this workshop were to
provide an overview of the necessary
knowledge of PET/CT QC/QA procedures as well as the radiation safety and
Dosimetry considerations in PET/CT.
This workshop was attended by more
than 70 participants from Nuclear
medicine technologists, Medical
physicists, PET and CT specialists,
Nuclear Medicine Physician and all
workers in Nuclear Medicine department.
The program which was conducted by
Ibrahim Duhaini and Israa Ghader
included the following topics:
1. Radiation Safety and Dosimetry
considerations in PET/CT for worker
and patient.
2. Quality Assurane required to ensure
optimal performance of PET/CT
scanners.
3. Principles of PET/CT technology.
4. Quality Control of PET/CT.
5. Facility Design and Protective
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2014 will be an exciting year for IOMP! IOMP ExCom
President’s Message
Kin Yin Cheung
regulatory control on safe use of
ionizing radiation, quite often not
for safety reasons. They are proud to
inform the public that they have
adopted the highest safety standard
in the world. The ALARA principle
is often not practiced appropriately
in some countries. In searching
through the internet, one may notice
the vast differences in regulatory
requirements on dose rate outside
radiological equipment rooms in
different countries. Some countries
demand that such facility be
shielded to meet the instantaneous
dose rate limits as low as 3 uSv per
hour in any public accessible area in
Medical physicists in healthcare have addition to annual dose limits, while
the responsibility to address
in some countries only annual dose
radiation safety issues in the clinics. limits are specified. The latter is in
They support radiologists, radiation line with IAEA and ICRP
oncologists and referring physicians recommendations. For radiological
by providing professional advice
equipment that operates
with supporting scientific data if
infrequently in the clinics, the
needed on justification of
application of an instantaneous dose
radiological procedures, radiation
rate limit of 3 uSv per hour in
dose optimization and protection
shielding design would lead to
measures. They also provide
excessive shielding, a requirement
counseling service to patients
that most often is completely out of
receiving medical exposures to
proportion with the annual dose
address any radiation safety concerns limit and background radiation.
they may have. The professional
The large variation in regulatory
competence and standard of practice requirements on radiation shielding
of medical physicists is important in in different countries is rather
the discharge of such duties
unsatisfactory. This may be due to
effectively.
the differences in interpretation and
The professional competence of the
adaptation of the international safety
regulators on radiation protection is standards. In a debate on whether an
equally important in healthcare.
instantaneous or a time-averaged
Regulators have a tendency of
dose rate limit should be adopted as
setting stringent requirements on
a regulatory requirement in the 
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IOMP OFFICERS
President Dr. Kin-Yin Cheung
Medical Physics & Research Department
Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital
Happy Valley, Hong Kong , China
T: +852 28357002, F: +852 28927557, E: kycheung@hksh.com
Vice President Dr. Slavik Tabakov
Dept. Medical Engineering and Physics
King's College London - School of Medicine, Faraday Building
King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS , United Kingdom
T&F: +44 (0)20 3299 3536, E: slavik.tabakov@emerald2.co.uk
Secretary General Dr. Madan Rehani
Director, Radiation Protection,
European Society of Radiology, Vienna
Ex-Professor of Medical Physics & Ex-staff of the IAEA, Vienna
T: +43-676-3407850, E: sg.iomp@gmail.com
Treasurer Dr. Anchali Krishanachinda
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine
Chulalongkorn University
Rama IV Road, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
T: +66 2 256 4283, F:+66 2 256 4162, E: kanchali@yahoo.com
Past President Prof. Dr. Fridtjof Nuesslin
Klinik für Strahlentherapie Klinikum Rechts der Isar
der Technischen Universität München, Germany
E: nuesslin@lrz.tu-muenchen.de
IOMP CHAIRS
Science Committee Prof. William Hendee
University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, MA, USA
E: whendee@mcw.edu
Education&Training Prof.John Damilakis
University of Crete, Iraklion, Crete, Greece
E: John.Damilakis@med.uoc.gr
Professional Relations Dr. Raymond Wu
St. Joseph's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, USA
E: RayKWu@GMail.com
Publications Committee Prof.Tae Suk Suh
Catholic Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
E: suhsanta@catholic.ac.kr
Awards and Honours Dr. Tomas Kron
Peter McCallum Cancer Centre
Melbourne, Australia
E: tomas.kron@petermac.org
MPW Board Dr. Virginia Tsapaki
Konstantopoulio General Hospital, Athens, Greece
E: virginia@otenet.gr
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MPW/eMPW
Virginia Tsapaki, Chair Editor eMPW
Editorial Board
eMPW were distributed to show the work
of IOMP to radiologists, medical physicists and other professions during the
conference. Leafltes on various activities of
IOMP were also distributed all through
the conference. eMPW was also present in
the Internaitonal Conferece of Radiation
Protection held in Varna in the end of
May. Similar activities are being planned
for the Annual meeting of AAPM in
Austin, USA this month.
We must not forget that IOMP is not only
its officers or ExCom members but is also
its regional and national member organizations. A number of regional organizations
DDear friends and colleagues,
such as EFOMP, AFOMP, MEFOMP and
FAMPO report on their latest activities in
Welcome to the July edition of the eMPW this issue. Most of you know the CERN
Newsletter. The editorial board has once
but how nay of you know what is the
more tried its best to gather for you a wide CERN-HERMES network? Learn all
range of fascinating publications. This is
about this network in this issue of eMPW!
the second year of International Day of
Do not forget that we value your feedback
Medical Physics (IDMP). Our front page
so please do not hesitate to contact us if
has one of the IDMP posters in order to
you would like to make any suggestions or
remind and drive national member
submit brief papers on your scientific or
organizations (NMOs) to start planning
educational work that would be of interest
IDMP activities. The eMPW welcomes
to our members. Let me remind you our
reports on NMO intitiatives to this
Calendar Editor, Ibrahim Duhaini
direction and is planning to publish in its (duhaini@yahoo.com). Please contact him
next issue. If you are planning to have such for scientific or international events so as
an activity please share it with us and send to be included in eMPW. 
us pictures and relevant information to
inform our readers. This will be a great
way not only to raise awareness within the
local community but will also drive other
NMOs to work in this respect.
Following successful presence of IOMP in
the European conference of Radiology
(ECR) last year it was decided to continue
in 2014. IOMP had again a booth in ECR.
An big banner with information on NMOs
as well as regional organizations but also
the mission statement of IOMP was
produced for this purpose. Free issues of
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Virginia Tsapaki, Chair Editor
Medical Physics Department
Konstantopoulio General Hospital
3-5 Agias Olgas Str, Nea Ionia, Athens, Greece
Tel: +30-2132-057-132
virginia@otenet.gr
Dr. Magdalena Stoeva, Associate Editor
Medical Imaging Dept., Medical University
15A V. Aprilov Blvd, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
ms_stoeva@yahoo.com
Dr. KY Cheung
Medical Physics & Research Department
Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital
Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China
Tel: +852 28357002, Fax: +852 28927557
kycheung@hksh.com
Dr. Slavik Tabakov
Dept. Medical Engineering and Physics
King's College London, United Kingdom
Tel.& Fax +44 (0)20 3299 3536
slavik.tabakov@emerald2.co.uk
Dr. Ibrahim Duhaini, Calender Editor
CEO and General Manager
Radiation Experts Group
Cell: 00961 3656354
duhaini@yahoo.com
Dr. Madan Rehani
Director, Radiation Protection
European Society of Radiology, Vienna
Ex-Professor of Medical Physics
& Ex-staff of the IAEA, Vienna
Tel.: +43-676-3407850,
sg.iomp@gmail.com
Dr. Anchali Krisanachinda
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine
Chulalongkorn University
Rama IV Road, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Tel: +66 2 256 4283, Fax:+66 2 256 4162
kanchali@yahoo.com
Prof. A.W.K Kyere
Head of Department of Medical Physics
Graduate School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences
SNAS, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
Tel: 0208147520
kwaamkyere@yahoo.com
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Workshop on the Physics of Advanced Radiotherapy
Techniques: The Role of Medical Images
Santiago, Chile January 27 – 31, 2014
Auditorio Ninoslav Bralic. Facultad de Física.
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
This event was organized as a replacement
for the ISEP workshop that was planned to
happen in Iraq (2013) but was cancelled at
the request of the local organizers, due to
the political situation in that country.
We are very happy to say that, in spite of
the short time available to prepare this
event (because it was a replacement), it was
a great success with 31 attendees from
different countries (Chile, Argentina, Peru,
Germany, Cuba and Spain). Seven AAPM
Faculty members, together with a local
contribution from the Institute of Physics
of The Pontificia Universidad Católica de
Chile, Clínica Alemana and Clínica Santa
María (a total of 10 local speakers), gave
lecturers, making a total of 51 participants
(See program attached).
The workshop combined lectures with
practical sessions on VMAT and IMRT
treatment verifications. On the first day of
the meeting, a young physicists poster
session and cocktail reception (enlivened
with Chilean traditional folk dance) took
place. This instance was also used by
participants to meet and exchange
experiences and knowledge. A list of the
poster presented is provided bellow:
1. “The impact of new technologies
incorporated to the Radiotherapy
Department of Hospital Oncológico
Córdoba” Manuel Enrique Molina,
biomolina@gmail.com, Graciela R. Velez,
Sebastian Bianchini, Servicio de
Radioterapia del Hospital Oncológico de
Córdoba, Argentina.
2. “Hypoxia assessment of rat tumors via
FMISO PET”, Pamela Mena Romano,
p.mena@dkfz.de1, C. Cheng (2), C.Glowa1,
P. Peschke (3), A. Dimitrakopoulou E Strau
www.IOMP.org
(2), C. Karger (1).
(1) Division of Medical Physics in
Radiation Oncology, German Cancer
Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany, (2)
Clinical Cooperation Unit Nuclear
medicine, German Cancer Research Center,
Heidelberg, Germany, (3) Clinical
Cooperation Unit Molecular Radio
Oncology,
3. “Monte Carlo Simulation: X-ray tube for
cone beam computed tomography”,
Eduardo Cisternas Jiménez, eacister@uc.cl,
Sánchez E Nieto, Beatriz Doerner Edgardo,
Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad
Catolica.
4. “Enforcing divergence free to velocity
data from 4D flow MR image”’: Alejandro
Matías Pino Verdugo, ampino@uc.cl (1)
Joaquín Mura (2), Sergio Uribe (3). (1)
Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad
Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile,
(2)Escuela de Ingeniería Civil, Pontificia
Universidad Católica de Valparaíso,
Valparaíso, Chile, (3)Centro de imagines
biomédicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica
de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
5. “Methodology for assessing
CTEMRIESPECT Registration capability
of software applications for Radiotherapy
treatment planning purposes”: Sebastian
Bianchini, sebastianbianchini@gmail.com
1, Rodolfo Alfonso 2, Marcos Coca 3, Jorge
Castillo 3, Leonel Torres 3, Rafael
Rodríguez 4, (1) Departamento de Física
Biomédica, Servicio de Radioterapia,
Hospital Oncológico, Cordoba, Argentina,
(2) Instituto Superior de Tecnologías y
Ciencias Aplicadas (INSTEC), La Habana,
Cuba, (3) Centro de Investigaciones Clínicas
(CIC) La Habana, Cuba, (4) Centro
Internacional de Restauración Neurológica
(CIREN), La Habana, Cuba.
6. “Analytical model for predicting photon
peripheral dose” Rodrigo El Far Manríquez,
Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago,
Chile, (2)Unidad de Radioterapia Cl inica
Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo,
Santiago, Chile, (3) Departamento de Física
Médica y Biofísica, Universidad de Sevilla,
España. raelfar@uc.cl1, 
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Beatriz Sánchez E Nieto1, Gabriel
Medical Physics Master students,
Zelada 2 y Francisco Sánchez E Doblado 3 . Medical Technologists and Medical
(1)Instituto de Física, Pontificia
Physicists working in Radiation
The ISEP speakers were asked to evaluate
Therapy Departments, PhD students,
the posters. The decision was to grant the
and Radiation Protection Expert. The
first place to “Hypoxia assessment of rat
scientific quality of the meeting was
tumors via FMISO PET”, Pamela Mena
really outstanding, and the setting on
Romano, p.mena@dkfz.de1, C. Cheng (2), the PUC campus in Santiago was
C.Glowa1, P. Peschke (3), A.
wonderful. Of note, the predominance
Dimitrakopoulou E Strau (2), C. Karger (1). of young medical physicists attending
Comments of the local organizers in
the event increased the educational
evaluating the ISEP Workshop:
value of the event. A number of
The local organizers pointed out that
attendees asked for copies of the
Medical Physics in Chile is a new emerging presentations, so speakers provided PDF
discipline. As there are no many people
documents of their presentations, which
involved in the area it is not easy to
were made available to the participants.
organize events to which good
The organizers did create a “dropbox“
international speakers can come to share folder to be shared among students and
their expertise. In general it is difficult other lecturers.
(expensive) for people working in
Medical Physics Society in Chile:
medical physics in Chile to attend
At the end of the ISEP Workshop in
international conferences and even the
Santiago, Chile, there was a meeting of
access to good journals is very
the medical physicists working for the
restrictive. Therefore, initiatives like
creation of their Medical Physics
this are invaluable to bring a group of
Society (SOFIMECH). This work has
"main actors" to share with students
been going on since December 2008, by
their experience and their particular
a group of dedicated medical physicists
contribution to the field. The scientific in the country. As Chair of the AAPM
quality of the meeting was really
Latin American Affairs Subcommittee
outstanding, and the setting on the
(LAASC) we have been aware of this
Pontificia University Campus in
initiative and very supportive of their
Santiago was wonderful. Of note, the
work. It was very rewarding to see the
predominance of young medical
realization of this effort happening at
physicists attending the event, mostly
the end of this AAPM_ ISEP workshop,
eMPW
which was also sponsored by the IOMP.
Congratulations to the ISEP local
organizers for their participation in the
SOFIMECH, as listed below:
Physicists participating in the Board of
Directors of the Medical Physics Society
of Chile:
Sociedad de Fisica Medica de Chile
(SOFIMECH)
President: Ruben Yañez- Hospital
Oncológico de Valdivia
Vice-president: Beatriz SánchezPhysics Institute, Pontifícia
Universidad Católica de Chile.
Secretary: Cristián Parra. National
Institute of Cancer, Chile,
Treasurer: Marcia García. Physics
Department, Universidad de la Frontera
Vocal: José Luis Rodríguez.
Radiotherapy Department, Clínica las
Condes.
At the closing of this ISEP workshop,
the local organizers manifested their
confidence that the exchanges, which
occurred between faculty and
participants during this event, will
allow all to enrich their knowledge and
to create new links of collaboration.
And finally, a great night out, around a
nice food and a visit to the local
Astronomy Observatory was the perfect
opportunity to relax after the intensive
working days. 
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Algeria
Nepal
Argentina
Netherlands
Australia & New Zealand
New Zealand
Austria
Nigeria
Bangladesh
Norway
Belgium
Pakistan
Brazil
Panama
Bulgaria
Peoples Rep. of China
Cameroon
Peru
1.
Message from the Editor
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Canada
Philippines
2.
President’s Message
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Chile
Poland
3.
IOMP Female in Medical Physics Group
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Colombia
Portugal
7
Croatia
Qatar
Cuba
Rep. of China - Taiwan
Cyprus
Rep. of Macedonia
Czech Republic
Rep. of Moldova
Denmark
Romania
4.
From Secretary General desk
5.
AFROG VII – Conference of the African Radiation
Oncology Group
6.
From the Awards and Honours Committee
7.
The top 3 reasons why we should celebrate the
8.
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Ecuador
Russia
International Day of Medical Physics this year
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Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Professional Relations Committee Report
13
Estonia
Singapore
Slovenia
9.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2014 - 2015
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Finland
10.
Recent Activities of EFOMP
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France
South Africa
11.
8th European Conference of Medical Physics
Georgia
Spain
Germany
Sri Lanka
Ghana
Sudan
(ECMP 2014), 11-13 September 2014
Athens, Greece, Europe
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Greece
Sweden
12.
AFOMP Activity in the Last Six Months
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Hong Kong
Switzerland
13.
FAMPO Second General Assembly in Accra, Ghana –
Hungary
Tanzania
a Short Report
India
Thailand
Indonesia
Trinidad & Tobago
Iran
Turkey
Iraq
Uganda
Ireland
Ukraine
Israel
United Arab Emirates
Italy
United Kingdom
14.
15.
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DONATION OF USED EQUIPMENT –
PRC REPORT FOR Jan-Jun 2014
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Another Successful Event for the Radiation
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Protection Society
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16.
MEFOMP Activities during the last 6 months
17.
Workshop on the Physics of Advanced Radiotherapy
Japan
United States
Techniques: The Role of Medical Images
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Jordan
Venezuela
What is the CERN-HERMES network?
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Korea
Vietnam
Lebanon
Zambia
Lithuania
Zimbabwe
18.
Malaysia
Mexico
NMO status being reviewed
Mongolia
Morocco
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What is the CERN-HERMES network?
Dr Evangelia Dimovasili, Technical Coordinator of CERN-HERMES.
The CERN- HERMES network was
founded from a core of CERN teams
and Hellenic Universities in June
2012. Amongst its aims is to create
links of strong cooperation in the field
of medical physics and health
technologies. The network vision is to
steer research work to innovative
directions and bridge the achievements
of science to the needs of society. In
two years the network has been
expanding in a very encouraging rate
and comprises today 25 Universities
and Research Institutions from 11
European countries. CERN-HERMES
is multidisciplinary in terms of
scientific research and areas like Novel
Imaging Detectors, Materials,
Radiation Protection and Dosimetry,
Radiation Tests and hardness of
electronics, Research on radioisotopes
for various applications, Scintillating
Detectors for HEP, Medical Imaging
have found a fertile ground for
application in the network.
The network also aims to act as a
platform for transferring new
technologies to Greece; an early
success of CERN-HERMES was the
first ever official submission of a
proposal to the Greek authorities for
the establishment of a proton beam
therapy centre at the island of Crete.
The proposal links a Centre of
Excellence for Therapy and Research
with medical tourism for which Crete
can undoubtedly be an excellent
destination. The proposal was
submitted to the authorities by the
Resources and Development Managing
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Director of the network, Mr
Alexandros Kokolakis- an elected
member of the District Council of
Crete- and was reviewed and approved
by the District Council in Spring
2013. Renowned experts on particle
therapy have expressed their support to
this project, recognizing the
importance of the centre which due to
its strategic geographical position will
open new horizons for research, attract
world-class scientists and enable the
country’s scientific potential. At the
same time, measurable payback to
society will be achieved, with the
transfer of innovation from CERN and
other partner research laboratories to
clinical practice, the creation of new
jobs and development. It is also worth
mentioning that after the submission
of this proposal, two more regions of
Greece expressed a great interest to
host the proton therapy facility in
their territory; the region of Thessaly
(centre of Greece) and the region of
East Macedonia – Thrace (North
Greece).
Moving a step forward, in September
2013, the Resources and Development
Managing Director of the network
submitted an application to the Greek
Ministry of Health for the approval of
the proton therapy practice in the
country, with the scientific support of
worldwide experts in the field of
particle beam therapy. Approval was
granted earlier this year by the experts
of the Special Committee of Ionising
and Non Ionising Radiation of the
Ministry. This is a major milestone
that was achieved and a success in the
history of medical practice for the
treatment of cancer in Greece, opening
the way to establish a proton therapy
centre in the country.
The CERN Director General Professor
Rolf Heuer has recently established a
new Office for CERN Medical
Applications, whose Head is the
former Director of Accelerators,
Professor Steve Myers. The new office
aims to bring all the diverse medical
physics activities at CERN together
under a single roof, ensuring that
efforts are optimised and will promote
networking with other laboratories
engaged in the field of medical
applications. In this line, CERNHERMES aims to contribute and
make a positive impact on the overall
effort.
Acknowledgement:
I wish to thank Professor Jean-Pierre
Gérard from the Antoine Lacassagne centre
in Nice (France), Professor Robert Miller
from Mayo Clinic (Minnesota, USA) and
Professor Roberto Orecchia from the Pavia
hadronthera-py centre (Italy) for their
scientific support to the proton therapy centre
in Crete. I also thank all the
CERN-HERMES partners and in
particular Professor John Damilakis
(University of Crete), Dr Sotirios
Harissopoulos (NCSR Demokritos),
Professor Paul Lecoq (CERN) and Dr
Marco Silari (CERN) for their continuous
support and collaboration. Last but not
least I am thankful to Mr Alexis
Kokolakis for our fruitful collaboration.
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